---
title: 'Sherlock Holmes (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William K. Howard'
released: '1932-11-06'
runtime_minutes: 68
genres:
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sherlock-holmes-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023460/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sherlock Holmes (1932)

1932 · 68 min · Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes is a 1932 American pre-Code film starring Clive Brook as the eponymous London detective. The movie is based on the successful stage play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, in turn based on the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, and was directed by William K. Howard for the Fox Film Corporation. Brook had played Holmes previously in The Return of Sherlock Holmes and the "Murder Will Out" segment of Paramount on Parade.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William K. Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-k-howard)
- **Producer:** [William K. Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-k-howard)
- **Screenplay:** [William Gillette](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-gillette)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer)
- **Director of Photography:** [George Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-barnes)

## Cast

- [Ivan Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-simpson)
- [Roy D'Arcy](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-d-arcy)
- [Claude King](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-king)
- [Clive Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-brook) as Sherlock Holmes
- [John George](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-george)
- [Reginald Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-owen)
- [Alan Mowbray](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-mowbray)
- [Stanley Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-fields)
- [Ernest Torrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-torrence)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/sherlock-holmes-1932
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