Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Director:

William K. Howard

Writers:

William Gillette (play)
Bertram Millhauser (writer)

Release Date:

6 November 1932 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Moriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl (sic)...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Sherlock Holmes | Based On Play | Character Name In Title

Cast

Clive Brook	...	Sherlock Holmes
Miriam Jordan	...	Alice Faulkner
Ernest Torrence	...	Professor James Moriarty
Herbert Mundin	...	George
Reginald Owen	...	Dr. Watson
Howard Leeds	...	Little Billy
Alan Mowbray	...	Colonel Gore-King
C. Montague Shaw	...	Judge
Frank Atkinson	...	Man in Pub
Ivan F. Simpson	...	Faulkner
Stanley Fields	...	Tony Ardetti

Runtime:

68 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The audio disks from this movie are not known to survive.

Movie Connections:

Version of Sherlock Holmes (1916)

Elementary

One of the earliest Sherlock Holmes films this is interesting if only for the fact that Holmes is about to get married as the film opens and even dons drag part way through. It may be best not to reflect too much on his relationship with Billy, the Canadian boy who Holmes is training in the arts of criminology. Dr Watson is relegated to an occasional appearance and the arch-villain Moriarty is played with a heavy leering menace that doesn't quite fit with the books. But there's not a lot here that does fit with the books although that does not necessarily detract. The impressive opening, with Moriarty cast in shadows as he proceeds to and from the courtroom for sentencing, sets an appropriate atmosphere which holds throughout. Not a great Sherlock Holmes by any stretch of the imagination, but an interesting example.