Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) by Ryan Gibbons — 08 May 2010
Pure nonsense and an insult to a Victorian Holmes.
Read this synopsis from RT itself and see if the use of Sherlock to solve WWII problems is a stretch. Any fool reviewer that would give this loathsome excuse for a Holmes story credibility is just fishing for compliments.
"The secret weapon is a new bombsight which could hasten the outcome of World War II, and both the Allies and the Nazis are in a desperate race to secure it for themselves.
Super sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his trusty assistant Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are assigned to find the kidnapped scientist who developed the secret weapon, only to be foiled by Holmes' nemesis, the evil Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill).
Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle story THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN, this Holmes case transplants the Victorian sleuth into the realm of WWII espionage and is also the first of the films to introduce Dennis Hoey as Scotland Yard detective Inspector Lestrade."----- RT not my review.
Folks, lets not be hoodwinked (fooled) into accepting this farce of a film to be anything but fanciful creativity. It is a preposterous a film.
Not enjoyable unless you think Holmes lived into WWII. If you can accept the super loser premise, than it is ok to watch once.
This review of Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) was written by Ryan Gibbons on 08 May 2010.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon has generally received mixed reviews.
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