Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) by Brad G — 09 May 2011
Sherlock Holmes is still stuck in WWII fighting Nazis...well, he's fighting Moriarty here who is working for the Nazis. Lionel Atwill, who was so bloody fantastic as the good doctor Mortimer in The Hound of the Baskervilles, is Moriarty this time out and, surprisingly, he's not as good as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Moriarty, George Zucco.
Atwill is just a tad obvious here. And the plot to rescue a Swiss inventor is just not as engaging as the previous Rathbone outings. Decent, but after this one, I'd like to see Holmes get outta WWII quick.
VF.
This review of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) was written by Brad G on 09 May 2011.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon has generally received mixed reviews.
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