After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
Keywords
- assassin
- heir to the throne
- ocean liner
- black and white
- knife throwing
- algiers, algeria
- sea voyage
- assassination attempt
- stolen jewelry
- sherlock holmes
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Top Cast
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson
Marjorie Riordan as Sheila Woodbury
Rosalind Ivan as Agatha Dunham
Morton Lowry as Steward
Leslie Vincent as Nikolas Watson
Martin Kosleck as Mirko
Rex Evans as Gregor
Top Crew
Roy William Neill · Director
Leonard Lee · Screenplay
Paul Ivano · Cinematographer
Saul A. Goodkind · Editor
Howard Benedict · Executive Producer
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