Sherlock Holmes in Washington

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Sherlock Holmes in Washington
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Directed by	Roy William Neil
Written by	Arthur Conan Doyle (characters) Bertram Millhauser
Starring	Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date(s)	April 30, 1943
Running time	71 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Followed by	Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) is the fifth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies.

[edit] Plot summary

A British agent carrying a vital document is murdered on his way to deliver it in the USA. Holmes deduces he was carrying the document in the form of microfilm and goes to Washington with Watson to find the killer and retrieve the document before it falls into the hands of an "international spy ring". Before his death, the agent managed to pass the microfilm into the unwitting hands of a Washington debutante and bride-to-be. There are some amusing moments when the microfilm, which has been inserted into a "V for Victory" match folder, gets passed from hand to hand at a party unknowingly, and at one point is discarded by the chief criminal. Another World War II cliche comes into play in the form of the Washington housing shortage, meaning that the debutante, rolled up in a rug, can be smuggled out of the apartment in her parents' home that's being renovated for her. Holmes and Watson track down the criminals, rescue the bride-to-be and regain the microfilm.

[edit] Cast

• Basil Rathbone – Sherlock Holmes
• Nigel Bruce – Dr. Watson
• Marjorie Lord – Nancy Partridge
• Henry Daniell – William Easter
• George Zucco – Heinrich Hinkel, alias Richard Stanley
• John Archer – Lt. Pete Merriam

[edit] Notes

George Zucco played Professor Moriarty in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), while Henry Daniell would portray him in the subsequent Holmes film The Woman in Green (1945).

This film is home to one of Rathbones rare mistakes the line is "My lodgings in Baker Street" but Rathbone says "My Blodgings in Baker Street"