Category: Crime
All Genres: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Release Year: 1939
Country: USA
Runtime: 85
Rating: 7.5 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Sound: Mono
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Writing by: William Gillette - (play "Sherlock Holmes" with permission of the executors of the late Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Edwin Blum - (screenplay) and
William A. Drake - (screenplay) (as William Drake)
Arthur Conan Doyle - characters

Produced by: Gene Markey - associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck - producer (uncredited)

Cast: Basil Rathbone - Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce - Dr. Watson
Ida Lupino - Ann Brandon
George Zucco - Professor Moriarty
Alan Marshal - Jerrold Hunter
Terry Kilburn - Billy
Henry Stephenson - Sir Ronald Ramsgate
E.E. Clive - Inspector Bristol
Arthur Hohl - Bassick
May Beatty - Brandon Housekeeper [Script name: Mrs. Jameson]
Peter Willes - Lloyd Brandon

Music: Robert Russell Bennett David Buttolph Cyril J. Mockridge David Raksin Walter Scharf
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Plot Outline: The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.
Plot: Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. To get Holmes involved, he persuades a gaucho flute player to murder a girl.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Michael and Donnas black-and-white wedding video plays during much of the end credits. There is also a short color scene of the flower girl and ring bearer during the end credits.

Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: Holmess pipe disappears from one shot to the next as he sees Sir Ronald Ramsgate out the door early in the film.

Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• Although William Gillettes name appears in the credits, this film bears little or no resemblance to his 1899 play “Sherlock Holmes”.
• The movies line “Elementary, my dear Watson.” was voted as the #65 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
• Lionel Atwill was originally cast as Prof. Moriarty, but was replaced before shooting by George Zucco.






































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