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After the King of Rovenia 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.
Theatrical
Oct 26, 1945
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 1, 1990
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Universal Pictures
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 Wa...
Cast
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Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
N
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson
M
Marjorie Riordan
Sheila Woodbury
R
Rosalind Ivan
Agatha Dunham
M
Morton Lowry
Steward
L
Leslie Vincent
Nikolas Watson
M
Martin Kosleck
Mirko
R
Rex Evans
Gregor
J
John Abbott
Jodri
G
Gerald Hamer
Kingston
W
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
Gubek
F
Frederick Worlock
Prime Minister
T
Tom Dillon
Matthias Cherney (uncredited)
J
James Carlisle
Aide (uncredited)
O
Olaf Hytten
Stimson (uncredited)
G
Gordon Jackson
Steward (uncredited)
