In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson
Marjorie Lord
Nancy Partridge
Henry Daniell
William Easter
George Zucco
Heinrich Hinckel aka Richard Stanley
John Archer
Naval Lt. Pete Merriam
Gavin Muir
Mr. Lang, government agent
Edmund MacDonald
Detective Lt. Grogan
Don Terry
Howe
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Bradley Page
Cady
Clarence Muse
George
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Pettibone
Holmes Herbert
Mr. Ahrens
Thurston Hall
Sen. Henry Babcock
Ian Wolfe
Antiques Store Sales Clerk
John Burton
Army Inspector (uncredited)
Gerald Hamer
Alfred Pettibone
Gilbert Emery
Sir Henry Marchmont (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon
Miss Pringle (uncredited)
Mary Field
Party Pianist (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Caroline Frances Cooke
Mrs. Ruxton
Director
Roy William Neill
Characters
Arthur Conan Doyle
Original Story, Screenplay, Writer
Bertram Millhauser
Screenplay
Lynn Riggs
June 26, 2022
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We are now truly into "wartime spirit" cinema with this tale about a British spy tasked with delivering some vital documents to Washington DC. Of course, he goes missing and Holmes and Watson are duly dispatched to track down the scheming Nazis who want the document for themselves. This isn't a bad effort, but these films have now lost any connection, nuanced or otherwise, with the creations of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle and Holmes and Watson may as well be "Starsky and Hutch". Henry Daniell and George Zucco help out on this one, and it is still an easy little murder mystery to pass some time on as Rathbone and Bruce still hold their partnership together well.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00