Underplayed Gems

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon poster
Directed by
Roy William Neill
Genre
science fiction film, crime film, mystery film, spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 08m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 144 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A Swiss scientist with a new bomb sight is kidnapped by Professor Moriarty who wants to sell it to Nazi Germany. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must decode a secret message to stop him and save the country.

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What happens

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of 14 Sherlock Holmes films, which updated the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the then-present day. The film is credited as an adaptation of Conan Doyle's 1903 short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", though the only element from the source material is the dancing men code. Rather, it is a spy film taking place on the background of the then-ongoing Second World War with an original premise. The film concerns the kidnapping of a Swiss scientist by their nemesis Professor Moriarty to steal a new bomb sight and sell it to Nazi Germany. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have to crack a secret code to save the country. The film is one of four films in the series that are in the public domain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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