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title: 'Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy William Neill'
released: '1942-12-25'
runtime_minutes: 68
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sherlock-holmes-and-the-secret-weapon-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035317/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)

1942 · 68 min · Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of 14 Sherlock Holmes films, which updated the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the then-present day. The film is credited as an adaptation of Conan Doyle's 1903 short story "The Adventure of the Dancing Men", though the only element from the source material is the dancing men code. Rather, it is a spy film taking place on the background of the then-ongoing Second World War with an original premise. The film concerns the kidnapping of a Swiss scientist by their nemesis Professor Moriarty to steal a new bomb sight and sell it to Nazi Germany. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have to crack a secret code to save the country.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy William Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-william-neill)
- **Screenplay:** [Scott Darling](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-darling)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Skinner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-skinner)
- **Editor:** [Otto Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-ludwig)

## Cast

- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert) as Sir Reginald Bailey
- [Dennis Hoey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-hoey) as Inspector Lestrade
- [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix)
- [Harry Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-woods)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon) as Mrs. Hudson
- [Kaaren Verne](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaaren-verne) as Charlotte Eberli
- [William Post Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-post-jr) as Dr Franz Tobel
- [Harry Cording](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-cording)
- [Rudolph Anders](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolph-anders)
- [John Burton](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-burton)
- [Michael Mark](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-mark)
- [Henry Victor](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-victor) as Dr. Frederick Hoffner
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone) as Sherlock Holmes
- [Henry Daniell](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-daniell)
- [Lionel Atwill](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-atwill) as Professor Moriarty

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