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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)

APPROVED 80 min  -  Adventure | Crime | Drama  -   12 February 1943 (USA)
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Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.

Director:

Roy William Neill

Writers:

Edward T. Lowe Jr. (screenplay), Scott Darling (screenplay), and 4 more credits »

Stars:

Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce and Lionel Atwill
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon -- Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce team up as Holmes and Watson to investigate a code left by a shifty bomb-sight inventor. The errant scientist seems to have a coded message for Holmes's arch-nemesis, Dr. Moriarity. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon -- Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands.
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Basil Rathbone ...
Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce ...
Lionel Atwill ...
Kaaren Verne Kaaren Verne ...
Charlotte Eberli
William Post Jr. William Post Jr. ...
Dr. Franz Tobel
Dennis Hoey Dennis Hoey ...
Holmes Herbert Holmes Herbert ...
Sir Reginald Bailey
Mary Gordon Mary Gordon ...
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Storyline

Starting in Switzerland, Sherlock Holmes rescues the inventor of a bomb-sight which the allies want to keep from the Nazis. Back in London it sems that the inventor is not all that he seemed. Written by Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Inventor | Switzerland | Bomb | Bomb Sight | Rescue  | See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French (only a few words) | Indonesian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Secret Weapon See more »

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

UK:  | USA:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Lionel Atwill, who plays Professor Moriarty in the film, earlier played James Mortimer in The Hound of the Baskervilles. See more »

Goofs

Errors in geography: The bombing range is obviously not in England. Also there are too many explosions for the number of bombs dropped from the aircraft. See more »

Quotes

Professor Moriarty: [as Moriarty drains Holmes's blood] Drop by drop, Holmes. Drop by drop. Eh, in a way I'm almost sorry. You were a stimulating influence to me. But it was obvious that I should win in the end... Closer to the end Holmes. Closer and closer. Each second a few more drops leave your desiccated body. And you can feel them can't you? You're perfectly conscious, aren't you, Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes: I shall be conscious long after you're dead, Moriarty.
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Connections

Referenced in The Great Mouse Detective (1986) See more »

Soundtracks

"Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)"
(1887) (uncredited)
Music by Juventino Rosas
Heard as Sherlock Holmes leaves the Golden Hawk See more »