Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

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Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Summary: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must protect a Swiss inventor of an advanced bomb sight from falling into German hands. Directed by: Roy William Neill Actors: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill Production Company: Universal Pictures Release Date: 12 February 1943 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Working for the British government, Sherlock Holmes manages to spirit Dr. Franz Tobel out of Switzerland and into England before the GESTAPO are able to get to him. Tobel has devised an immensely accurate bomb site and while he is willing to make it available to the Allies, he insists on manufacturing it himself. Soon however, he vanishes and it is left to Homes, assisted by the bumbling Dr. Watson, to decipher a coded message he left behind. Holmes soon realizes that he is up against his old nemesis, Professor Moriarty.

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