The struggle of super-minds in the crime of the century!
Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to “finish off” his last major nemesis, Sherlock Holmes, by making him fail to prevent the perfect crime. Does it involve a family curse, the crown jewels of England, or something else…
- 6.9
- 1939
- Released
- 1h 25m
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr. Watson
Ida Lupino
Ann Brandon
Alan Marshal
Jerrold Hunter
Terry Kilburn
Billy
George Zucco
Professor Moriarty
Henry Stephenson
Sir Ronald Ramsgate
E. E. Clive
Inspector Bristol
Arthur Hohl
Henchman Bassick
May Beatty
Mrs. Jameson, Brandon Housekeeper
Peter Willes
Lloyd Brandon
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Holmes Herbert
Justice of the Court
George Regas
Henchman Mateo
Mary Forbes
Lady Conyngham
Frank Dawson
Dawes, Moriarty's servant
William Austin
Inquisitive StrangerAnthony Kemble-Cooper
Tony Conyngham
Leonard Mudie
Barrows - Moriarty's Attorney (uncredited)Robert Nobel
Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)
Ivan F. Simpson
Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)Neil Fitzgerald
Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Tompkins (uncredited)
Denis Greene
Denis Green (uncredited)Robert Cory
Tower Sentry (uncredited)Gordon Hart
Guard (uncredited)Keith Hitchcock
Constable (uncredited)Ivo Henderson
Bobby (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Bobby (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Bobby (uncredited)Charles Irwin
Marine Sergeant (uncredited)Robert R. Stephenson
Cabby (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Second Fake Constable (uncredited)Eric Wilton
Conyngham Butler (uncredited)Frank Benson
Cockney (uncredited)
Ted Billings
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)Released
en
- #murder
- #black and white
- #head bashed in
- #jewel
- #tower of london
- #crown jewels
- #chinchilla foot
- #playing flute
- #club foot
- #sherlock holmes
Reviews
My personal favourite of these Rathbone/Bruce combinations. This time, the fiendishly clever Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) intends the crime of the century and so has Holmes and Watson distracted by an ominous series of murders whilst he sets about perpetrating his true desire. Henry Stephenson also chips into this accomplished murder-mystery that keeps you guessing for quite a while. The atmo