Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

68 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery | Dec. 25, 1942

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 shortly falls into the clutches of Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

68 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, Adventure, Mystery | Dec. 25, 1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
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 shortly falls into the clutches of Professor Moriarty.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Directors Roy William Neill
Writers Edmund L. Hartmann, Edward T. Lowe Jr., Scott Darling, Arthur Conan Doyle

Cast

Basil Rathbone

as Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

as Doctor Watson

Lionel Atwill

as Moriarty

William Post Jr.

as Dr. Franz Tobel

Kaaren Verne

as Charlotte Eberli

Dennis Hoey

as Inspector Lestrade

Holmes Herbert

as Sir Reginald

Mary Gordon

as Mrs. Hudson

Harry Cording

as Jack Brady (uncredited)

Harold De Becker

as Peg Leg (uncredited)

Paul Fix

as Mueller (uncredited)

Henry Victor

as Professor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)

John Burton

as RAF Officer (uncredited)

Paul Bryar

as Swiss Waiter (uncredited)

Whit Bissell

as London Bobbie (uncredited)

Rudolph Anders

as Braun (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

as Scotland Yard Detective (uncredited)

George Burr Macannan

as Gottfried (uncredited)

Harry Woods

as Kurt (uncredited)