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title: 'Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy William Neill'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 68
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/sherlock-holmes-faces-death-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036348/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

1943 · 68 min · Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual". Its three immediate predecessors in the film series were World War II spy adventures with Holmes and Dr. Watson helping the Allies thwart enemy agents, but this one marked a return to the pure mystery film form. Though several characters are military men and there are frequent mentions of the ongoing war, it is not the focus of the story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy William Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-william-neill)
- **Producer:** [Roy William Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-william-neill)
- **Screenplay:** [Bertram Millhauser](https://cinepixo.com/people/bertram-millhauser)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans J. Salter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-j-salter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Van Enger](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-van-enger)
- **Editor:** [Fred R. Feitshans Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-r-feitshans-jr)

## Cast

- [Gavin Muir](https://cinepixo.com/people/gavin-muir)
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone) as Sherlock Holmes
- [Hillary Brooke](https://cinepixo.com/people/hillary-brooke)
- [Dennis Hoey](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-hoey) as Inspector Lestrade
- [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-pearce-coleman)
- [Frederick Worlock](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-worlock)
- [Milburn Stone](https://cinepixo.com/people/milburn-stone)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce) as Dr. Watson
- [Arthur Margetson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-margetson)
- [Peter Lawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lawford)

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