Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson
Lionel Atwill
Moriarty (as Moriarity)
Kaaren Verne
Charlotte Eberli
William Post Jr.
Dr. Franz Tobel
Dennis Hoey
Lestrade
Holmes Herbert
Sir. Reginald
Harry Cording
Jack Brady (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Rudolph Anders
Braun
Harold De Becker
Peg Leg (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Barfly
Paul Fix
Mueller (uncredited)
Roy William Neill
Director
Henry Victor
Professor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)
John Burton
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Writer
Paul Bryar
Swiss Waiter (uncredited)
Scott Darling
Writer
Whit Bissell
London Bobbie (uncredited)
Edmund L. Hartmann
Writer
Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer
Colin Kenny
Scotland Yard Detective (uncredited)
Frank Skinner
Composer
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Details.
Release DateDecember 25, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 8m
Genres
Wiki.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of 14 Sherlock Holmes films which updated the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the then present day. The film is credited as an adaptation of Conan Doyle's 1903 short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men," though the only element from the source material is the dancing men code. Rather, it is a spy film taking place on the background of the then ongoing Second World War with an original premise. The film concerns the kidnapping of a Swiss scientist by their nemesis Professor Moriarty, to steal a new bomb sight and sell it to Nazi Germany. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have to crack a secret code in order to save the country.
The film is one of four films in the series which are in the public domain.