Watch Sherlock Holmes And The Voice Of Terror (1942) Free Online

Release Date: 1942

Cast: Edgar Barrier, Reginald Denny, Rudolph Anders, Thomas Gomez, Olaf Hytten, Evelyn Ankers, Leyland Hodgson, Nigel Bruce, Montagu Love, Henry Daniell, Basil Rathbone

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Detective fiction, Detective, Black-and-white, Mystery, Crime Thriller

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is the third film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies. Made in 1942, the film combines elements of the Arthur Conan Doyle story "His Last Bow" and loosely parallels the real-life activities of Lord Haw-haw. Horror film "scream queen" Evelyn Ankers appears as leading lady. The film begins with a title card describing Holmes and Watson as "ageless", as an explanation as to why the film is set in the 1940's rather than Holmes' era of 1881–1914, as the preceding 20th Century Fox films were. Though there is a nod to the... MORE

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror is the third film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies. Made in 1942, the film combines elements of the Arthur Conan Doyle story "His Last Bow" and loosely parallels the real-life activities of Lord Haw-haw. Horror film "scream queen" Evelyn Ankers appears as leading lady. The film begins with a title card describing Holmes and Watson as "ageless", as an explanation as to why the film is set in the 1940's rather than Holmes' era of 1881–1914, as the preceding 20th Century Fox films were. Though there is a nod to the classic Holmes in a scene where Holmes and Watson are leaving 221b Baker Street, and Holmes picks up his deerstalker. Watson protests, and Holmes reluctantly puts on a fedora instead. Holmes is called into the "Inner Council" of British Intelligence by Sir Evan Barham (Reginald Denny), to assist in stopping Nazi saboteurs operating in Britain, whose activities are announced in advance in radio broadcasts by "The Voice of Terror". Gavin (Robert Barron), one of Holmes's operatives, is killed with a German dagger in his back. Before he dies, Gavin utters the word "Christopher." Later, Holmes and Watson LESS