Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers (1945)Cast and Crew

Movie

Cast

B
Basil Rathbone
as Sherlock Holmes
N
Nigel Bruce
as Doctor Watson
M
Marjorie Riordan
as Sheila Woodbury
R
Rosalind Ivan
as Agatha Dunham
M
Morton Lowry
as Steward
L
Leslie Vincent
as Nikolas Watson
M
Martin Kosleck
as Mirko
R
Rex Evans
as Gregor
J
John Abbott
as Jodri
G
Gerald Hamer
as Kingston
W
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
as Gubek
F
Frederick Worlock
as Prime Minister
T
Tom Dillon
as Matthias Cherney (uncredited)
J
James Carlisle
as Aide (uncredited)
O
Olaf Hytten
as Stimson (uncredited)
G
Gordon Jackson
as Steward (uncredited)

Crew

L
Leonard Lee
Screenplay
S
Saul A. Goodkind
Editor
A
Arthur Conan Doyle
Characters
R
Roy William Neill
Director
P
Paul Ivano
Director of Photography
R
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
H
Howard Benedict
Executive Producer
R
Roy William Neill
Producer
J
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
R
Ralph Sylos
Set Decoration
B
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
J
Jack Pierce
Makeup Department Head
M
Martin Obzina
Art Direction
V
Vera West
Costume Design

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.