The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)Cast and Crew

Movie"The struggle of super-minds in the crime of the century!"

Cast

B
Basil Rathbone
as Sherlock Holmes
N
Nigel Bruce
as Dr. Watson
I
Ida Lupino
as Ann Brandon
A
Alan Marshal
as Jerrold Hunter
T
Terry Kilburn
as Billy
G
George Zucco
as Professor Moriarty
H
Henry Stephenson
as Sir Ronald Ramsgate
E
E. E. Clive
as Inspector Bristol
A
Arthur Hohl
as Henchman Bassick
M
May Beatty
as Mrs. Jameson, Brandon Housekeeper
P
Peter Willes
as Lloyd Brandon
M
Mary Gordon
as Mrs. Hudson
H
Holmes Herbert
as Justice of the Court
G
George Regas
as Henchman Mateo
M
Mary Forbes
as Lady Conyngham
F
Frank Dawson
as Dawes, Moriarty's servant
W
William Austin
as Inquisitive Stranger
A
Anthony Kemble-Cooper
as Tony Conyngham
L
Leonard Mudie
as Barrows - Moriarty's Attorney (uncredited)
R
Robert Nobel
as Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)
I
Ivan F. Simpson
as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
N
Neil Fitzgerald
as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
F
Frank Baker
as Tompkins (uncredited)
D
Denis Greene
as Denis Green (uncredited)
R
Robert Cory
as Tower Sentry (uncredited)
G
Gordon Hart
as Guard (uncredited)
K
Keith Hitchcock
as Constable (uncredited)
I
Ivo Henderson
as Bobby (uncredited)
L
Leyland Hodgson
as Bobby (uncredited)
B
Boyd Irwin
as Bobby (uncredited)
C
Charles Irwin
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
R
Robert R. Stephenson
as Cabby (uncredited)
H
Harry Cording
as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
E
Eric Wilton
as Conyngham Butler (uncredited)
F
Frank Benson
as Cockney (uncredited)
T
Ted Billings
as Pub Customer (uncredited)
H
Herbert Evans
as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Crew

W
William Gillette
Theatre Play
E
Edwin Blum
Screenplay
A
Alfred L. Werker
Director
D
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
L
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
G
Gene Markey
Associate Producer
H
Hans Peters
Art Direction
G
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
R
Richard Day
Art Direction
R
Robert Bischoff
Editor
T
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
W
William Absalom Drake
Screenplay
A
Arthur Conan Doyle
Characters

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.