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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
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The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century. Director:Alfred L. Werker |
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Ann Brandon
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Jerrold Hunter
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Billy
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Henry Stephenson | ... |
Sir Ronald Ramsgate
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E.E. Clive | ... |
Inspector Bristol
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Arthur Hohl | ... |
Bassick
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May Beatty | ... |
Mrs. Jameson
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Peter Willes | ... |
Lloyd Brandon
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Holmes Herbert | ... |
Justice of the Court
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George Regas | ... |
Mateo
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Mary Forbes | ... |
Lady Conyngham
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Professor Moriarity has a scheme for stealing the crown jewels from the Tower of London. To get Holmes involved, he persuades a gaucho flute player to murder a girl. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sherlock Holmes See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 2, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Professor Moriarty: I'm away for a few weeks, Dawes, and I come back to find my anthurium magenta, my incomparable anthurium magenta, withered, ruined...
Dawes: I can't understand it, sir; I took good care of all the plants.
Professor Moriarty: Did you water them?
Dawes: Every day, sir - just as you told me, sir.
Professor Moriarty: Then how does it happen that I find a spider's web spun across the spout of the watering can?
Dawes: That can happen overnight, sir.
Professor Moriarty: Overnight, huh? Then you didn't water them today?
Dawes: There's been so much to do, sir, preparing for your coming back.
Professor Moriarty: Nothing is as important as the care of my flowers. Through your neglect, this flower has died. You've murdered a flower!
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(uncredited)
Written and Composed by John Glover Kind
Performed by Basil Rathbone See more »
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Trivia
Although William Gillette's name appears in the credits, this film bears little or no resemblance to his 1899 play "Sherlock Holmes". See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: The popular variety-hall song "I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside" is performed at Lady Conyngham's party. This was composed in 1907, fifteen years after the film's 1892 setting. See more »Quotes
Dawes: You wanted to see me, sir?Professor Moriarty: I'm away for a few weeks, Dawes, and I come back to find my anthurium magenta, my incomparable anthurium magenta, withered, ruined...
Dawes: I can't understand it, sir; I took good care of all the plants.
Professor Moriarty: Did you water them?
Dawes: Every day, sir - just as you told me, sir.
Professor Moriarty: Then how does it happen that I find a spider's web spun across the spout of the watering can?
Dawes: That can happen overnight, sir.
Professor Moriarty: Overnight, huh? Then you didn't water them today?
Dawes: There's been so much to do, sir, preparing for your coming back.
Professor Moriarty: Nothing is as important as the care of my flowers. Through your neglect, this flower has died. You've murdered a flower!
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Connections
Referenced in "Doogie Howser, M.D.: The Adventures of Sherlock Howser (#4.16)" (1993) See more »Soundtracks
"I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside"(uncredited)
Written and Composed by John Glover Kind
Performed by Basil Rathbone See more »
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