The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 American mystery adventure film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Although claiming to be an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, the film bears little resemblance to the play.
Plot
The film is set in 1894. The picture begins with Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes verbally sparring on the steps outside the Old Bailey, where Moriarty has just been acquitted on a charge of murder owing to lack of evidence. Holmes remarks, "You have a magnificent brain, Moriarty. I admire it. I admire it so much I'd like to present it, pickled in alcohol, to the London Medical Society." "It would make an impressive exhibit," replies Moriarty.
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| author | Edwin Blum William Gillette |
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| contentLocation | London |
| director | Alfred L. Werker |
| editor | Robert Bischoff |
| genre | adventure mystery |
| keywords | 221b baker street albatross bola british empire crown jewels crown jewels of the united kingdom crush dr. watson draw end hang hear married moriarty murder murder weapon old bailey professor moriarty sherlock holmes south american strange note tower of london warn watson |
| musicBy | Robert Russell Bennett |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |