Synopsis
When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal affecting the royal family, Sherlock Holmes decides to take over the case. (Considered lost, a copy was found in 2014, in the vaults of the Cinémathèque Française.)
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
62 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur BertheletDirector
Cast
- William GilletteSherlock Holmes
- Ernest MaupainProfessor Moriarty
- Marjorie KayAlice Faulkner
- Edward FieldingDr. Watson
- Stewart RobbinsBenjamin Forman
- Hugh ThompsonSir Edward Leighton
- Ludwig KreissBaron von Stalburg
- Mario MajeroniJames Larrabee
- William PostanceSidney Prince
- Chester BeeryCraigin
- Fred Malatesta'Lightfoot' McTague
- Grace RealsMadge Larrabee
Stills
Themes
kidnappinglettersilent filmrediscovered film