The famous detective is pulled away from retirement and his fiancée when the condemned Moriarty escapes from prison and swears vengeance.The famous detective is pulled away from retirement and his fiancée when the condemned Moriarty escapes from prison and swears vengeance.The famous detective is pulled away from retirement and his fiancée when the condemned Moriarty escapes from prison and swears vengeance.
Ted Billings
- Carnival Thug
- (uncredited)
Roy D'Arcy
- Manuel Lopez
- (uncredited)
Edward Dillon
- Al
- (uncredited)
John George
- Bird Shop Thug
- (uncredited)
Robert Graves
- Gaston Roux
- (uncredited)
Lew Hicks
- Prison Guard
- (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
- Secretary to Erskine
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaClive Brook bore a striking resemblance to stage actor William Gillette, who was famous for playing Sherlock Holmes on the stage. He did more than 1000 performances of the famous sleuth.
- GoofsThe lamp in Erskine's office is supposed to have been switched on since before Erskine vanished, and so the bulb should have been quite hot, but Holmes unscrews it with his bare hand, showing no pain or discomfort.
- Quotes
Professor James Moriarty: Gentlemen, I regret to say the rope which will hang me has not yet been made! You yourself, Mr Erskine, will hang before I hang. Colonel Gore-King, you are sure to die before I die. And as for Sherlock Holmes, I shall be alive to see his disgrace and death!
- ConnectionsEdited into Dillinger (1945)
Featured review
Sherlock getting married?
The premise of this movie runs contrary to everything portrayed about Sherlock Holmes in the 90 years since its production. The movie begins with Sherlock Holmes planning to retire and get married, what? Sherlock would never.
Luckily Professor Moriarty escapes from prison and the retirement/wedding nonsense must be put on hold of course, in order to re-capture the villainous Moriarty. From there it proceeds apace with Holmes deducting his way along and barely putting up with actual law enforcement attempts to participate.
They also insert a kid, Billy, into the proceedings basically as yet another person to worship Holmes and I'm not really sure why else.
I found the original Arthur Wontner films to be more compelling than this first attempt after the Wontner era and before we get to Basil Rathbone. I gave this one a 6 on effort but so much better has been done with Sherlock since.
Luckily Professor Moriarty escapes from prison and the retirement/wedding nonsense must be put on hold of course, in order to re-capture the villainous Moriarty. From there it proceeds apace with Holmes deducting his way along and barely putting up with actual law enforcement attempts to participate.
They also insert a kid, Billy, into the proceedings basically as yet another person to worship Holmes and I'm not really sure why else.
I found the original Arthur Wontner films to be more compelling than this first attempt after the Wontner era and before we get to Basil Rathbone. I gave this one a 6 on effort but so much better has been done with Sherlock since.
- Hughmanity
- Oct 26, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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