Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Name: Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Director: Roy William Neill
Released: 1943
Duration: 71 min
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell, George Zucco

1943

Dir. Roy William Neill

1h 11m

USA

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Principal Cast

Heinrich Hinckel aka Richard Stanley

John Archer

Naval Lt. Pete Merriam

Gavin Muir

Mr. Lang, government agent

Edmund MacDonald

Detective Lt. Grogan

Crew

Director

Roy William Neill

Director

Roy William Neill

1887 – 1946

Roy William Neill (4 September 1887 – 14 December 1946) was a film director best known today for directing several of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios. With his father as the captain, Neill was born on a ship off the coast of Ireland named Roland de Gostrie. He began directing silent movies in 1917 and …

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