Sherlock Holmes in Washington
The Mystery Master in America!
1943 | 71m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Roy William Neill |
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| Writer: | Bertram Millhauser, Lynn Riggs |
| Staring: |
| In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route to Washington. The British government calls on Sherlock Holmes to recover it. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 24, 1943 |
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| Director: | Roy William Neill |
| Writer: | Bertram Millhauser, Lynn Riggs |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | washington dc, usa, black and white, sherlock holmes |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes |
| Nigel Bruce | Doctor Watson |
| Marjorie Lord | Nancy Partridge |
| Henry Daniell | William Easter |
| George Zucco | Heinrich Hinckel aka Richard Stanley |
| John Archer | Naval Lt. Pete Merriam |
| Gavin Muir | Mr. Lang, government agent |
| Edmund MacDonald | Detective Lt. Grogan |
| Don Terry | Howe |
| Mary Gordon | Mrs. Hudson |
| Bradley Page | Cady |
| Clarence Muse | George |
| Mary Forbes | Mrs. Pettibone |
| Holmes Herbert | Mr. Ahrens |
| Thurston Hall | Sen. Henry Babcock |
| Ian Wolfe | Antiques Store Sales Clerk |
| John Burton | Army Inspector (uncredited) |
| Gerald Hamer | Alfred Pettibone |
| Gilbert Emery | Sir Henry Marchmont (uncredited) |
| Margaret Seddon | Miss Pringle (uncredited) |
| Mary Field | Party Pianist (uncredited) |
| Colin Kenny | Hotel Doorman (uncredited) |
| Caroline Frances Cooke | Mrs. Ruxton |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Bertram Millhauser | Original Story, Writer, Screenplay |
| Lynn Riggs | Screenplay |
| Lester White | Director of Photography |
| Otto Ludwig | Editor |
| Jack Otterson | Art Direction |
| Russell A. Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Vera West | Costume Design |
| William Tummel | Assistant Director |
| Roy William Neill | Director |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | Characters |
| Frank Skinner | Music |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Howard Benedict | Associate Producer |
| Roy William Neill | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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Trending Position
We are now truly into "wartime spirit" cinema with this tale about a British spy tasked with delivering some vital documents to Washington DC. Of course, he goes missing and Holmes and Watson are duly dispatched to track down the scheming Nazis who want the document for themselves. This isn't a bad ... effort, but these films have now lost any connection, nuanced or otherwise, with the creations of Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle and Holmes and Watson may as well be "Starsky and Hutch". Henry Daniell and George Zucco help out on this one, and it is still an easy little murder mystery to pass some time on as Rathbone and Bruce still hold their partnership together well.