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Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

Dr. John H. Watson

Patricia Morison

Mrs. Hilda Courtney

Frederick Worlock

Colonel Cavanaugh

Harry Cording

Hamid

Carl Harbord

Inspector Hopkins

Holmes Herbert

Ebenezer Crabtree

Edmund Breon

Julian 'Stinky' Emery

Patricia Cameron

Evelyn Clifford

Mary Gordon

Mrs. Hudson

Ian Wolfe

Commissioner of Scotland Yard

Leyland Hodgson

Tour Guide

Marjorie Bennett

Antique Shop Assistant (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Detective at Murder Scene

Frank Baker

Photographer

Sally Shepherd

Wallace Scott

Joe Cisto

Jack Curtis

Pub Patron (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti

Convict at Dartmoor Prison (uncredited)

Charlie Hall

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films. Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.

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A review by CinemaSerf

7.0

Written on July 7, 2022

I rather enjoyed this final outing for our deductive duo, as they have to get to the bottom of the mysterious murder of the rather unfortunately monikered "Stinky" (Edmund Breon) who went to school with "Dr. Watson". His rather brutal murder is inexplicable, but for the theft from his home of a rather ordinary musical box made at Dartmoor prison. Further investigation reveals the boxes were made by a felon with a very important secret to keep, one which "Mrs. Hilda Courtney" (Patrcia Morison) who likes a little perique in her cigarettes, and her henchman "Hamid" (Harry Cording) will stop at nothing to possess. Again, as with so many of these - it's actually Nigel Bruce ("Watson") who steals the show and saves the day - and together with Basil Rathbone they sign off this series on good form and in good spirits. PS: What did Dr. Samuel Johnson die of...?