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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

65 min  -  Crime | Thriller | Mystery  -   18 September 1942 (USA)
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England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC... See full summary »

Director:

John Rawlins

Writers:

Lynn Riggs (screenplay), John Bright (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Basil Rathbone ...
Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce ...
Evelyn Ankers Evelyn Ankers ...
Kitty
Reginald Denny ...
Sir Evan Barham
Thomas Gomez Thomas Gomez ...
Meade
Henry Daniell Henry Daniell ...
Anthony Lloyd
Montagu Love Montagu Love ...
General Jerome Lawford
Olaf Hytten Olaf Hytten ...
Fabian Prentiss
Leyland Hodgson Leyland Hodgson ...
Captain Roland Shore
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Storyline

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. The warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defence Committee call in Holmes ... Written by Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

England | World War Two | Terror | Nazi | BBC  | See more »

Taglines:

THE MASTER MINDS OF MYSTERY! (original print ad - all caps)

Genres:

Crime | Thriller | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Sherlock Holmes e a Voz do Terror See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

This is the third 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. It is the first in the series to be taken out of the Victorian age and set in modern times. It is also the first to be produced at Universal Studios. (The previous two films were made at 20th Century Fox.) See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: No one - not even Sherlock Holmes - would be able to phone the BBC and ask for a specific record to be played on air immediately, in the manner of a jukebox. There were no "BBC request stations." See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Voice of Terror: [off-screen] Germany broadcasting. Germany broadcasting. People of Britain, greetings from the Third Reich. This is the voice you have learned to fear. This is the Voice of Terror. Again, we bring you disaster: crushing, humiliating disaster. It is folly to stand against the mighty wrath of the Fuhrer...
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Connections

Features The Invisible Man (1933) See more »

Soundtracks

"Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67"
(uncredited)
Music by Ludwig van Beethoven See more »