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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

Movie"THE MASTER MINDS OF MYSTERY!"
Audience Score
65
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NR 1 hr 5 minSep 18th, 1942Mystery, Thriller, Horror, CrimeSherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection PosterPart of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
StarringBasil RathboneNigel BruceEvelyn Ankers
DirectorJohn Rawlins

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:September 18th, 1942
On DVD & Blu-ray:October 28th, 2003 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
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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.