Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson travel to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document from falling into enemy hands.

Director:

Roy William Neill

Writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle (characters), Bertram Millhauser (screenplay),

Stars:

Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Basil Rathbone	...	Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce	...	Doctor Watson
Marjorie Lord	...	Nancy Partridge
Henry Daniell	...	William Easter
George Zucco	...	Heinrich Hinckel aka Richard Stanley
John Archer	...	Naval Lt. Pete Merriam
Gavin Muir	...	Mr. Lang, government agent
Edmund MacDonald	...	Detective Lt. Grogan
Don Terry	...	Howe
Bradley Page	...	Cady
Holmes Herbert	...	Mr. Ahrens
Thurston Hall	...	Senator Henry Babcock

Storyline

In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it.

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Plot Keywords:

document | sherlock holmes | train | washington d.c. | microfilm | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller | Mystery

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 April 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sherlock Holmes em Washington

Filming Locations:

Glendale Grand Central Air Terminal - Grandview Avenue, Glendale, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Uniquely, Holmes and Watson do not appear until the second reel of the film.

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Goofs

The character Nancy Partridge is wrongly identified in the end credits as "Nancy Pattridge".

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Quotes

Sherlock Holmes: I assure you that Dr. Watson is the very soul of discretion.

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Connections

Followed by Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

User Reviews

Possibly The Only Weak Entry In the Rathbone-Holmes Series

Nothing that special in this Holmes story, except a few nice comments at the very end by our detective hero about America and Washington, D.C. Otherwise, it's just a so-so espionage story about a clip of microfilm that is hidden in some matchbook, with nobody but Holmes aware of that. The man who put it there was killed. The good guys want to make sure the bad guys don't get a hold of it.

We follow the matchbook as it goes from one person to the next. Most of the suspects are those who were on the train carrying the man who had the microfilm in the first place.

The problem with the film is there isn't enough suspense and the ending scenes are so hokey it's almost embarrassing to watch. And - by the way

• what was with that hairdo on Basil Rathbone (Holmes). That was really

strange-looking, so much so it was distracting. Thankfully, he found a new barber for his other films.