The Case of the Screaming Bishop (1944)
- Directed by
- Howard Swift
- Genre
- animation, comedy, crime, mystery
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This 1944 animated short is a parody of Sherlock Holmes stories. It follows a detective character in a silly mystery case.
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What happens
The Case of the Screaming Bishop is a 1944 Phantasy cartoon directed by Howard Swift. It was produced by Screen Gems and was released by Columbia Pictures on August 4, 1944. The film is a parody of Sherlock Holmes. The title of the film is based on the 1937 film The Case of the Stuttering Bishop. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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