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Sherlock Holmes

- Conan Doyle's Master Detective

Moriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl. But Moriarty has sworn that Holmes, Lt. Col. Gore-King of Scotland Yard, and his trial judge shall all be hanged too. When Moriarty escapes and proceeds to put his threat into operation, Holmes has to postpone his retirement.

Release Date : 1932-11-05

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fox Film Corporation

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sherlock Holmes

Original Name : Clive Brook

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice Faulkner

Original Name : Miriam Jordan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Professor James Moriarty

Original Name : Ernest Torrence

Gender : Male

Character Name : George

Original Name : Herbert Mundin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Watson

Original Name : Reginald Owen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Gore-King

Original Name : Alan Mowbray

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : C. Montague Shaw

Gender : Male

Character Name : Faulkner

Original Name : Ivan F. Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manuel Lopez (uncredited)

Original Name : Roy D'Arcy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bird Shop Thug (uncredited)

Original Name : John George

Gender : Male

Character Name : Secretary to Erskine (uncredited)

Original Name : Brandon Hurst

Gender : Male

Character Name : Little Billy

Original Name : Howard Leeds

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-13

What's more interesting about this early "Sherlock Holmes" outing is the approach Clive Brook takes to the character. About to marry his fiancée "Alice" (Miriam Jordan) he is called out of retirement after the evil "Moriarty" (Ernest Torrance) escapes from the gallows and vows revenge on him and his Scotland Yard associate "Col. Gore King" (Alan Mowbray). This is very much a solo effort. Reginald Owen is "Dr. Watson", but unlike in almost every other iteration of this fictional sleuth, he plays little more than a bit part as "Holmes" engages in a life or death struggle with his foe. Howard Leeds is, frankly, quite annoying as his more useful bell-boy helper "Billy" but there is quite a fun exchange with Herbert Mundin and Frank Atkinson after "Moriarty" starts to implement his plan to import Chicago-style racketeering to a London where the police were armed with little more than whistles and truncheons. The story is too far-fetched, for me. I found Brooks a little too sterile (despite his brief foray into aged drag) and the writing is all just a bit flat, but it's an interesting take to the character than wasn't replicated ever again.