Discover
-
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer -
Gene Markey
Associate Producer -
Thomas Little
Set Decoration -
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design -
Edwin Blum
Screenplay -
Alfred L. Werker
Director -
Arthur Conan Doyle
Characters -
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
-
CinemaSerf
6/22/2022 3:39:24PM
My personal favourite of these Rathbone/Bruce combinations. This time, the fiendishly clever Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) intends the crime of the century and so has Holmes and Watson distracted by an ominous series of murders whilst he sets about perpetrating his true desire. Henry Stephenson also chips into this accomplished murder-mystery that keeps you guessing for quite a while. The atmosphere of a foggy London all adds to the dramatic effect of this film and Rathbone and Bruce are clearly now on their way to establishing their own, definitive, characterisations of their fictional alter-egos.
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock HolmesHolmes Herbert
Justice of the CourtIda Lupino
Ann BrandonTerry Kilburn
BillyFrank Baker
Tompkins (uncredited)William Austin
Inquisitive StrangerGordon Hart
Guard (uncredited)Nigel Bruce
Dr. Watson