The Dying Detective (1921)
- Directed by
- Maurice Elvey
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, crime film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 28 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Sherlock Holmes pretends to be gravely ill to trap a murderer. The detective uses his deception to extract a confession.
melodramatictenseclassicmysterioustheatricalold-fashionedsuspensefulserious
What happens
The Dying Detective is a 1921 British short film directed by Maurice Elvey. The film is the first in the Stoll Pictures' short film series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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