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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Movie
Audience Score
68
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NR 1 hr 5 minOct 26th, 1945Thriller, Crime, MysterySherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection PosterPart of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.
StarringBasil RathboneNigel BruceMarjorie Riordan
DirectorRoy William Neill

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 26th, 1945
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 27th, 2004 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Howard Benedict
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
black and whiteassassinsherlock holmesassassination attemptocean linerheir to the thronealgiers, algeriasea voyageknife throwingstolen jewelry

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films. Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.