Sherlock Holmes in Washington
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| Directed by | Roy William Neil |
| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Arthur Conan Doyle (characters) Bertram Millhauser |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Lester White |
| Editing by | Otto Ludwig |
| Distributed by | Universal Studios |
| Release date(s) | April 30, 1943 |
| Running time | 71 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon |
| Followed by | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death |
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) is the fifth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies.
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Plot summary
A British agent carrying a vital document is murdered on his way to deliver it in the USA. Holmes deduces he was carrying the document in the form of microfilm and goes to Washington with Watson to find the killer and retrieve the document before it falls into the hands of an "international spy ring". Before his death, the agent managed to pass the microfilm into the unwitting hands of a Washington debutante and bride-to-be. There are some amusing moments when the microfilm, which has been inserted into a "V for Victory" match folder, gets passed from hand to hand at a party unknowingly, and at one point is discarded by the chief criminal. Another World War II cliché comes into play in the form of the Washington housing shortage, meaning that the debutante, rolled up in a rug, can be smuggled out of the apartment in her aunt's home that's being renovated for her. Holmes and Watson track down the criminals, rescue the bride-to-be and regain the microfilm.
Cast
- Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
- Marjorie Lord – Nancy Partridge
- Henry Daniell – William Easter
- George Zucco – Heinrich Hinkel, alias Richard Stanley
- John Archer – Lt. Pete Merriam
- Gavin Muir – Mr. Lang, government agent
- Edmund MacDonald – Detective Lt. Grogan
- Don Terry – Howe
- Bradley Page – Cady
- Holmes Herbert – Mr. Ahrens
- Thurston Hall – Senator Henry Babcock
Notes
George Zucco played Professor Moriarty in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), while Henry Daniell would portray him in the subsequent Holmes film The Woman in Green (1945).
External links
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington at the Internet Movie Database
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington at Allmovie
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington at the TCM Movie Database
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