The read
Number 8 of 8 in its series by score. It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
149 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy William NeillDirector
- Scott DarlingScreenplay
- Edward T. Lowe Jr.Screenplay
- Edmund L. HartmannScreenplay
- Frank SkinnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Basil RathboneSherlock Holmes
- Nigel BruceDoctor Watson
- Lionel AtwillProfessor Moriarty
- William Post Jr.Dr. Franz Tobel
- Kaaren VerneCharlotte Eberli
- Dennis HoeyInspector Lestrade
- Holmes HerbertSir Reginald
- Mary GordonMrs. Hudson
- Harry CordingJack Brady (uncredited)
- Harold De BeckerPeg Leg (uncredited)
- Paul FixMueller (uncredited)
- Henry VictorProfessor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)
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Themes
london, englandkidnappingswitzerlandworld war iiinventionblack and whitegestapowar effortsecret codebomb -sightdancing menfalse bottomed trunk