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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. Although claiming to be an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, the film bears little resemblance to ...

  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. Synopsis. 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….

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    • Alfred L. Werker
  4. A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr ...

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    • Basil Rathbone
    • Alfred L. Werker
    • 20th Century Fox
  5. Alfred Werker's mystery film noir The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) is a magnificent installment in the Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce series of movies based off of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ...

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    • Basil Rathbone
    • Alfred L. Werker
    • Mystery & Thriller
  6. However, in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), the film's immediate follow-up, he rose to top billing: the first for the respected stage star and screen character actor. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is not based on any of Conan Doyle's original stories and, according to Holmes scholars, only nominally adapted from the credited stage play by William Gillette.

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  8. 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.