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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

APPROVED 65 min  -  Adventure | Crime | Mystery  -   26 October 1945 (USA)
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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

Writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle (story), Leonard Lee (original screenplay)

Stars:

Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce and Marjorie Riordan
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Cast

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Basil Rathbone ...
Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce ...
Marjorie Riordan Marjorie Riordan ...
Sheila Woodbury
Rosalind Ivan Rosalind Ivan ...
Agatha Dunham
Morton Lowry Morton Lowry ...
Sanford
Leslie Vincent Leslie Vincent ...
Nikolas Watson
Martin Kosleck ...
Mirko
Rex Evans Rex Evans ...
Gregor
John Abbott John Abbott ...
Jodri
Gerald Hamer Gerald Hamer ...
Kingston
William 'Wee Willie' Davis William 'Wee Willie' Davis ...
Gubec (as Wee Willie Davis)
Frederick Worlock Frederick Worlock ...
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Storyline

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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Genres:

Adventure | Crime | Mystery

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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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 »

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Production Co:

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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

The film contains a couple of clever in-jokes for Holmes aficionados in the form of references to famous unrecorded cases for the Great Detective: at one point Watson begins to recite the tale of The Giant Rat of Sumatra (mentioned in Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"); whilst the action takes place aboard the S.S. Friesland (from Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", and alluded to as "a Dutch-American liner" in his Professor Challenger book "The Lost World", though here it has links to Malmö in Sweden). See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: 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: My dear Nikolas, perhaps you don't realize that it's tea that has made the British Empire and Dr. Watson what they are today.
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Referenced in The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985) See more »

Soundtracks

"There Isn't Any Harm In That"
(Everett Carter / Milton Rosen)
Sung by Marjorie Riordan See more »