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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

★ 6.4Approved65 min

1942 film by John Rawlins

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is a 1942 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The film combines elements of Doyle's short story "His Last Bow", to which it is credited as an adaptation, and the real-life activities of Lord Haw-Haw.

Directed by John Rawlins, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is the third of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson. It is the first film in the series to be released by Universal Pictures and the first to be set in contemporaneous times.

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

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What is Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror about?
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) — When a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations via the radio 'Voice of Terror', the Homeland Security Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) to help in the crisis. Holmes and his companion, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce), receive a visitor on the
Is Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror scary?
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