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Pursuit to Algiers (1945) 6.9
Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination. Director:Roy William Neill |
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Holmes and Watson on a transatlantic ocean liner escorting Nikolas, heir to a foreign throne. Also on board are a number of assassins, plotting against their sovereign. Written by Herman Seifer <alagain@aol.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 October 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sherlock Holmes in Pursuit to Algiers See more »Filming Locations:
Little Europe, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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The twelfth 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. See more »Goofs
Gubec, the deaf mute, shoves Holmes out of camera range and in five seconds has him not only bound securely with rope but gagged with a knotted handkerchief as well. See more »Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: Brooklyn? Well, I knew a most charming man who lived there once. Uh he's now a resident in Sing Sing Prison.See more »
This is one of the weakest Basil Rathbone-Sherlock Holmes films. It's still okay (I like all of them) but it ranks at the bottom if you're looking for an interesting "whodunnit."
Two things, I think, made this sub-par: 1 - the villains weren't evil enough, didn't do enough and didn't create enough tension and; 2 - this was almost a musical instead of a mystery. There were no less than four complete songs sung in this film. Even Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) gets in the act with a song - and he's very good, if that was really him. Marjorie Riordan sang the other three.
In addition, the ending wasn't that satisfactory, either. Yet, despite all that, Watson's typical stupidity and humor made it fun in spots but that's about it. Not recommended unless you're stuck with it as part of a four-disc set as I am, as part of the Sherlock Holmes Restored Collection. (At least the picture was clear.)