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  1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 American mystery adventure film [2] based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Directed by Alfred L. Werker. With Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, Alan Marshal. The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.

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    • Crime, Mystery, Thriller
    • Alfred L. Werker
    • 1939-09-01
  3. Filming began on 29 December 1938 under the direction of Sidney Lanfield and the film was released on 31 March 1939. [1][3] Later that year a second film, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, followed, which was based on Sherlock Holmes, an 1899 stage play written by William Gillette. [4]

  4. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – based not on a Conan Doyle story but on William Gillette's play – was the second movie to feature Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr Watson.

  5. Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) square off against their archenemy, Professor Moriarty (George Zucco), who has designs on the Tower of London's Crown Jewels.

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    • Basil Rathbone
    • Alfred L. Werker
    • Mystery & Thriller
  6. Summaries. The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century. When Sherlock Holmes arrives in court moments too late to give evidence against Professor Moriarty, the professor is acquitted.

  7. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, American mystery-detective film, released in 1939, that was the second to feature the popular pairing of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the classic Arthur Conan Doyle characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively.

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