Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Overview

This film pits the Great Detective against that "Napoleon of Crime," Professor Moriarty. Moriarty has aligned himself with the Nazis and has dedicated himself to stealing a top-secret bombsight. Racing against the clock, Holmes and Dr. Watson must prevent Moriarty from getting his mitts on the precious secret weapon.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2018
UPC:	0889290005274
Original Release:	1942
Rating:	NR
Source:	Film Detective
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:08:00
Sales rank:	52,811

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Basil Rathbone	Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce	Dr. John H. Watson
Lionel Atwill	Prof. Moriarty
Kaaren Verne	Charlotte Eberli
Dennis Hoey	Inspector Lestrade
William Post Jr.	Dr. Franz Tobel
Harry Woods	Man
George Burr MacAnnan	Gottfried
Paul Fix	Mueller
Holmes Herbert	Sir Reginald Bailey,Actor
Mary Gordon	Mrs. Hudson
Henry Victor	Frederick Hoffner
Harold de Becker	Peg Leg
Harry Cording	Jack Brady
Leyland Hodgson	R.A.F. Air Officer
Rudolph Anders	Braun
Philip Van Zandt	Kurt
Paul Bryar	Waiter
Vicki Campbell	Aviatrix
Gerard Cavin	Scotland Yard Man
Guy Kingsford	London Bobby
George Eldredge	Policeman
John Burton	Actor
Leslie Denison	Actor
James Craven	Bit
Frank Skinner	Composer
Hans Salter	Composer

Technical Credits

Edmund L. Hartmann

Edward T. Lowe

W. Scott Darling

Roy William Neill	Director,Producer
Edmund L. Hartmann	Screenwriter
Edward T. Lowe	Screenwriter
W. Scott Darling	Screenwriter
Howard Benedict	Producer
Bernard B. Brown	Sound/Sound Designer
Paul Neal	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is an enjoyable entry in the Holmes series, although it suffers more than most of the Universal pictures from being moved to modern times. Some of the other modern Holmes movies merely seem to have placed Holmes and Watson into then-contemporary clothing and given them a few 20th century props, but Secret Weapon is drenched in the 1940s, with Nazis, secret weapons, and bombed out buildings seemingly at every turn. All this is distracting, but it doesn't do fatal damage to the film, which is quite a lot of fun. True, it plays up the action and adventure aspect at the expense of good old-fashioned sleuthing and deducing, but this proves quite diverting. The screenplay is a bit slapdash, and viewers may be unconvinced that Moriarty would fall for Holmes' ploy for disposing of him, but it's such a nifty method that most viewers will overlook this. Indeed, Secret Weapon has some sort of secret charm of its own that makes it easy to overlook its flaws and just sit back and enjoy this rousing little adventure.