Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Based On the book by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of 14 Sherlock Holmes films, which updated the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the then-present day. The film is credited as an adaptation of Conan Doyle's 1903 short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", though the only element from the source material is the dancing men code. Rather, it is a spy film taking place on the background of the then-ongoing Second World War with an original premise. The film concerns the kidnapping of a Swiss scientist by their nemesis Professor Moriarty to steal a new bomb sight and sell it to Nazi Germany.

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Release date:

December 25, 1942

Director:

Roy William Neill

Cast:

Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, Dennis Hoey

Genre:

Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction, Spy

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1942 in adaptations