The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

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1h 25min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Sep 1, 1939 | Released

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...

Director: Alfred L. Werker

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

Writer(s): Edwin Blum William Absalom Drake

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Cast & Crew

Cast (36 Members)

Inspector Bristol

Mrs. Hudson

Pub Customer (uncredited)

Dr. Watson

Sherlock Holmes

Bassick

Tompkins (uncredited)

Justice of the Court

Leyland Hodgson

Bobby (uncredited)

Professor Moriarty

Conyngham Butler (uncredited)

Ann Brandon

Jerrold Hunter

Billy

Henry Stephenson

Sir Ronald Ramsgate

Lloyd Brandon

Lady Conyngham

Dawes

Anthony Kemble-Cooper

Tony Conyngham (as Anthony Kemble Cooper)

Mrs. Jameson, Brandon Housekeeper

Cragin (uncredited)

Barrows - Moriarty's Attorney (uncredited)

Mateo

Neil Fitzgerald

Clerk of the Court (uncredited)

Bobby (uncredited)

Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Ivan F. Simpson

Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)

Inquisitive Stranger

Keith Hitchcock

Constable (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson

Cabby (uncredited)

Guard (uncredited)

Denis Green (uncredited)

Cockney (uncredited)

Bobby (uncredited)

Tower Sentry (uncredited)

Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)

E. E. Clive Inspector Bristol

Mary Gordon Mrs. Hudson

Ted Billings Pub Customer (uncredited)

Nigel Bruce Dr. Watson

Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Hohl Bassick

Frank Baker Tompkins (uncredited)

Holmes Herbert Justice of the Court

Leyland Hodgson Bobby (uncredited)

George Zucco Professor Moriarty

Eric Wilton Conyngham Butler (uncredited)

Ida Lupino Ann Brandon

Alan Marshal Jerrold Hunter

Terry Kilburn Billy

Henry Stephenson Sir Ronald Ramsgate

Peter Willes Lloyd Brandon

Mary Forbes Lady Conyngham

Frank Dawson Dawes

Anthony Kemble-Cooper Tony Conyngham (as Anthony Kemble Cooper)

May Beatty Mrs. Jameson, Brandon Housekeeper

Harry Cording Cragin (uncredited)

Leonard Mudie Barrows - Moriarty's Attorney (uncredited)

George Regas Mateo

Neil Fitzgerald Clerk of the Court (uncredited)

Ivo Henderson Bobby (uncredited)

Charles Irwin Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

Ivan F. Simpson Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)

William Austin Inquisitive Stranger

Keith Hitchcock Constable (uncredited)

Robert R. Stephenson Cabby (uncredited)

Gordon Hart Guard (uncredited)

Denis Greene Denis Green (uncredited)

Frank Benson Cockney (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin Bobby (uncredited)

Robert Cory Tower Sentry (uncredited)

Robert Nobel Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)

Crew (13 Members)

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Costume Design

Screenplay

Director of Photography

Arthur Conan Doyle

Characters

Art Direction

Alfred L. Werker

Director

William Gillette

Theatre Play

Associate Producer

Robert Bischoff

Editor

William Absalom Drake

Screenplay

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer

Richard Day Art Direction

Thomas Little Set Decoration

Gwen Wakeling Costume Design

Edwin Blum Screenplay

Leon Shamroy Director of Photography

Arthur Conan Doyle Characters

Hans Peters Art Direction

Alfred L. Werker Director

William Gillette Theatre Play

Gene Markey Associate Producer

Robert Bischoff Editor

William Absalom Drake Screenplay

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44

Darryl F. Zanuck

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