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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

★ 6.7Approved65 min

1945 film by Roy William Neill

Pursuit to Algiers (1945) is the twelfth entry in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series of fourteen. Elements in the story pay homage to an otherwise unrecorded affair mentioned by Dr. Watson at the beginning of the 1903 story "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", notably the steamship Friesland. Off-camera, Watson also recounts to his audience another unrecorded affair mentioned in the 1924 story "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", that of the Giant Rat of Sumatra, "a story for which the world is not yet prepared".

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Pursuit to Algiers about?
Pursuit to Algiers (1945) — Holmes and Watson are recruited in a serpentine fashion to escort the heir to a European throne back to his native country following his father's assassination. Because the prince has been educated in Great Britain, Holmes persuades him to masquerade as Watson's nephew Nikolas on
Is Pursuit to Algiers based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Pursuit to Algiers scary?
Content rating: Approved. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.