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Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

Movie"The Mystery Master in America!"
Audience Score
67
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NR 1 hr 11 minApr 30th, 1943Thriller, Mystery, CrimeSherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection PosterPart of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.
StarringBasil RathboneNigel BruceMarjorie Lord
DirectorRoy William Neill
WriterBertram Millhauser

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:April 30th, 1943
On DVD & Blu-ray:October 28th, 2003 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
black and whitewashington dc, usasherlock holmes

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.