In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
Cast
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson
Lionel Atwill
Professor Moriarty
William Post Jr.
Dr. Franz Tobel
Kaaren Verne
Charlotte Eberli
Dennis Hoey
Inspector Lestrade
Holmes Herbert
Sir Reginald
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Harry Cording
Jack Brady (uncredited)
Harold De Becker
Peg Leg (uncredited)
Paul Fix
Mueller (uncredited)
Henry Victor
Professor Frederic Hoffner (uncredited)
John Burton
RAF Officer (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Swiss Waiter (uncredited)
Whit Bissell
London Bobbie (uncredited)
Rudolph Anders
Braun (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Scotland Yard Detective (uncredited)
George Burr Macannan
Gottfried (uncredited)
Harry Woods
Kurt (uncredited)
Crew
Roy William Neill
Director
Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Adaptation, Screenplay
Scott Darling
Adaptation, Screenplay
Edmund L. Hartmann
Screenplay
Arthur Conan Doyle
Story
Otto Ludwig
Editor
Lester White
Director of Photography
Howard Benedict
Associate Producer
Vera West
Costume Design
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Charles Previn
Music Director
Hans J. Salter
Music
Richard Hageman
Music
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Jack Otterson
Art Direction
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