Movie
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Overview
England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
Details
- Release date
- 1942-09-18
- Runtime
- 65 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson
- Evelyn Ankers as Kitty
- Reginald Denny as Sir Evan Barham
- Thomas Gomez as R.F. Meade
- Henry Daniell as Sir Anthony Lloyd
- Montagu Love as General Jerome Lawford
- Olaf Hytten as Admiral Sir John Fabian Prentiss
- Leyland Hodgson as Captain Roland Shore
- Mary Gordon as Mrs. Hudson
- Hillary Brooke as Jill Grandis
- Harry Cording as Camberwell
Crew
- John Rawlins - Director
- Lynn Riggs - Screenplay
- John Bright - Screenplay
- Arthur Conan Doyle - Story
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