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The Little Picture House · Classic cinema
1942 · Mystery / Espionage / Thriller · English · Black and white · 65 minutes
About the film
Britain is shaken by chilling radio broadcasts announcing acts of sabotage. Called in by British intelligence, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson must discover who is behind the mysterious Voice of Terror.
A dying man’s cryptic clue leads the investigation into London’s waterfront, where danger waits beyond the official corridors of power. With Kitty and her friends helping the search, Holmes follows a trail of enemy agents—but suspects the broadcasts conceal an even greater threat.
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Cast and production
Director: John Rawlins
Stars: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson; Evelyn Ankers as Kitty
Also featuring: Reginald Denny, Thomas Gomez, Henry Daniell and Montagu Love
Screenplay: Lynn Riggs, John Bright and Robert D. Andrews
Inspired by: His Last Bow by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Production: Universal Pictures
Country: United States
Behind the picture
This launched Universal’s twelve-film Rathbone–Bruce series, moving the detectives into the twentieth century. It was the only entry in that Universal run directed by John Rawlins; Roy William Neill directed the remaining eleven.
Film information: AFI Catalog.
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