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Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

71 min · Detective Film, mystery film, spy film

Popularity3.5/5
12-month trend1.7k659Expand

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1.7k02025-09: 659 views2025-10: 1,369 views2025-11: 742 views2025-12: 717 views2026-01: 1,738 views2026-02: 1,471 views2026-03: 858 views2026-04: 828 views2026-05: 1,065 views2026-06: 695 views2026-07: 706 views2026-08: 1,164 views
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Directors

Roy William Neill

Cast

Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Lord, Henry Daniell, George Zucco

The story

Alfred Pettibone, a British secret agent carrying a vital secret document, is murdered on his way to deliver it in the U.S. The British government turns to Sherlock Holmes for help. He deduces that Pettibone converted the document to microfilm.

Catalogue themes and tags

Crime Fiction, Thriller, Detective fiction, Detective, Black-and-white, Mystery, Drama, Crime Thriller, Spy

Genres

Detective Film, mystery film, spy film

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