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The Valley of Fear (1916)

The Valley of Fear poster
Directed by
Alexander Butler
Genre
silent film, crime film, adventure film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 48m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Sherlock Holmes investigates a murder and uncovers a secret society. The case involves a coded message and a hidden past.

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What happens

The Valley of Fear is a British silent adventure film of 1916 directed by Alexander Butler and starring Harry Arthur Saintsbury, Daisy Burrell and Booth Conway. The film is an adaptation of the 1915 novel, The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes. This is now considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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