Pursuit to Algiers
1945 | 65m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Roy William Neill |
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| Writer: | Leonard Lee |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 26, 1945 |
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| Director: | Roy William Neill |
| Writer: | Leonard Lee |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | assassin, ocean liner, heir to the throne, black and white, knife throwing, algiers, algeria, sea voyage, assassination attempt, stolen jewelry, sherlock holmes |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes |
| Nigel Bruce | Doctor Watson |
| Marjorie Riordan | Sheila Woodbury |
| Rosalind Ivan | Agatha Dunham |
| Morton Lowry | Steward |
| Leslie Vincent | Nikolas Watson |
| Martin Kosleck | Mirko |
| Rex Evans | Gregor |
| John Abbott | Jodri |
| Gerald Hamer | Kingston |
| William 'Wee Willie' Davis | Gubek |
| Frederick Worlock | Prime Minister |
| Tom Dillon | Matthias Cherney (uncredited) |
| James Carlisle | Aide (uncredited) |
| Olaf Hytten | Stimson (uncredited) |
| Gordon Jackson | Steward (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Roy William Neill | Director |
| Leonard Lee | Screenplay |
| Saul A. Goodkind | Editor |
| Paul Ivano | Director of Photography |
| John B. Goodman | Art Direction |
| Martin Obzina | Art Direction |
| Bernard B. Brown | Sound Director |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Ralph Sylos | Set Decoration |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Characters |
| Jack Pierce | Makeup Department Head |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Howard Benedict | Executive Producer |
| Roy William Neill | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 4 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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This is one of my favourite outings for Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce as "Holmes" and "Watson". Possibly because this one gives more screen time to the amiable Nigel Bruce - he even gives us a rendition "The Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond" as the pair embark on a dangerous mission to repatriate the King of ... Rovinia to his country following the assassination of his father. In order to, theoretically, avoid suspicion, they sail from the UK to Algiers hoping to smuggle their charge without mishap. Fat chance! Of course it doesn't work out that way - and we have a few fun maritime escapades, and an intriguing little sub-plot - on their way. Plaudits must go the rather formidable Rosalind Ivan as "Miss Dunham" and to Martin Kosleck as the slimy "Mirko" who help our duo keep us entertained for just over the hour. Probably not one for Holmesian purists, but still entertaining stuff.