The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)
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1939 US theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
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Characters: Arthur Conan Doyle Play: William Gillette Screenplay: Edwin Blum William Drake |
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Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Ida Lupino George Zucco Alan Marshal |
| Music by | Robert Russell Bennett |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Robert Bischoff |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 mystery-adventure film released by Twentieth Century Fox. It is a pastiche featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film is an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, though there is little resemblance in the plots.
The picture is the second installment to the series of fourteen Sherlock Holmes film series released between 1939 and 1946. It was the second picture to feature Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson, the final film produced by Fox, and the last in the Rathbone/Bruce series to be set in the original Victorian London period. The further twelve films produced by Universal Pictures and starring Rathbone/Bruce would take place in contemporaneous times (i.e. the 1940s). George Zucco stars as Holmes's nemesis Professor Moriarty.
The picture follows famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Doctor Watson as they attempt to foil their archenemy Professor Moriarty who targets a wealthy family and plots the theft of the Crown Jewels.
The film was supposedly based on the stage play by William Gillette, though little of the play's original plot remains aside from the Holmes/Moriarty conflict. The play featured a very young Charlie Chaplin in one of his very first acting roles during its first London production, playing the character of Billy, who, in this movie, is played by Terry Kilburn.
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