---
title: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfred L. Werker'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 76
genres:
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031022/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

1939 · 76 min · Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 American mystery adventure film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Although claiming to be an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, the film bears little resemblance to the play.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfred L. Werker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-l-werker)
- **Screenplay:** [William Gillette](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-gillette), [Edwin Blum](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-blum)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robert Russell Bennett](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-russell-bennett)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [Robert Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-bischoff)

## Cast

- [Leonard Mudie](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-mudie)
- [Arthur Hohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hohl)
- [E. E. Clive](https://cinepixo.com/people/e-e-clive)
- [May Beatty](https://cinepixo.com/people/may-beatty)
- [George Zucco](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-zucco) as Professor Moriarty
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon) as Mrs. Hudson
- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone) as Sherlock Holmes
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce) as Dr. Watson
- [Terry Kilburn](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-kilburn)
- [Henry Stephenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-stephenson)
- [Mary Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-forbes)
- [Ida Lupino](https://cinepixo.com/people/ida-lupino)
- [Georgios Regas](https://cinepixo.com/people/georgios-regas)
- [Alan Marshal](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-marshal)

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