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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Suspense! Thrills! Adventure!

1942 · NR · 1h 8m

Directed by Roy William Neill

6.5

TMDB audience score
151 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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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)