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Although William Gillette's name appears in the credits, this film bears little or no resemblance to his 1899 play "Sherlock Holmes".
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The movie's line "Elementary, my dear Watson." was voted as the #65 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
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Lionel Atwill was originally cast as Prof. Moriarty, but was replaced before shooting by George Zucco.
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The second of fourteen films based on Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
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Alan Marshal, George Zucco, and Mary Gordon (uncredited) also appear in the 1936 movie, After The Thin Man.
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