Sherlock Holmes en de Voice of Terror

Film

Sherlock Holmes en de Voice of Terror (1942) is de eerste twaalf Sherlock Holmes films van Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone en Nigel Bruce reprise hun rol als Sherlock Holmes en Dr. Watson respectievelijk. Universele zet de serie in 1940 hoewel de literatuur Sherlock Holmes 60 jaar oud in 1914.

In a good deal of the movies, Holmes is fighting the Nazis. Deze film (affiliate link) is set during World War II. The Voice of Terror is a German or German agent, who is committing sabotage against England. The Voice is responsible for several terrorist incidents. A council of ministers has called in Sherlock Holmes to investigate the crimes. Holmes seems to be stumped but is it only an act?

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Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers and Basil Rathbone

Evelyn Ankers plays Kitty, who helps Sherlock Holmes in his investigations. She was a staple in the Universal Horror films of the 1940s. Her most notable role was playing Lon Chaney’s love interest in The Wolfman (1943). She married fellow actor Richard Denning in 1942. They would remain married until her death in 1985 op leeftijd 67.

Unlike many of the other movies, there is no reference to Moriarty or his henchmen in this film. The film is also much shorter. It comes in at 65 notulen. It is fairly well done but the film is not of the same quality as the Twentieth-Century Fox films.

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