"What form was this document in ?" "It was typed, on two sheets of legal paper" "Two sheets. That's too bulky to swallow". "And dry, Watson, fearfully dry, especially legal papers" Yes, as any law student will tell you, legal papers are bulky, fearfully dry, and VERY hard to swallow.
“We had a carrier pigeon in the last war. We discovered it was going round and round in circles - poor thing was cross-eyed” Nigel Bruce’s Watson had the best lines ever 😂
We've exposed their worst crimes. It doesn't do any good in a country where the world's biggest criminals hold the keys to the courts and prisons and control who gets any access to all major news media. As much as I love Holmes, this is a job for Zatoichi.
Classic movie. To me Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce will always be the definitive Holmes and Watson. All others pale in comparison. Mind blowing to realize that the war was still going on when this movie was made.
Same here for the two of them. That's what people need to realize 💯 in these films 🎥 with a war raging Bruce was given the role of comedian to lighten the storyline.
I love both Nigel Bruce and Basil Rathbone. The 30 minute episodes with Ronald Howard as Holmes and H. Marion Crawford as Watson are very, very good too. Rarely have I seen a series spin off so good from the such a special duo like Mr. Bruce and Mr. Rathbone. Simply a very, very great pleasure to watch them both. Thank you to all who post these awesome episodes.
I remember an interview with Basil Rathbone back in the 1960s when he fondly recalled his friendship with "Vinnie Price, that drunken sot." Delightful man!
No one bothered to mention how smart and brave this beautiful women was for not telling what she knew, cause you could tell she remembered where she got the match's but said nothing.💞
@@ellenexmadden no she didn't know she had the microchip...she did know when he asked her if he said or gave anything to her,while he was lightning her cigarette, and said permit me, she then remembered that the guy had said that,and that he dropped the matches in her purse.
To those who say its propaganda films of WW2, shoukd we have shown The Germans in a positive light? We were fighting them in North Africa, when this film was made!
Nigel Bruce was brilliant in these films to me Sherlock Holmes will always be best protrayed by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. My second favorite films are the ones done by Robert Downey jr. and Jude Law as Holmes and Watson.
Watson---"I wonder what happened to the mice?"; Holmes---"An intriguing line of thought, but not essential to the case". LOL! I love Holmes' casual dismissive responses.
The dubbed German version released in 1959 removed all Nazi references from the dialogue. The story of this edited version is about gangsters trying to get hold of a secret medicine formula that could be dangerous if in the wrong hands.
Not to take off the subject but I just realized John Williams basically ripped off the RKO theme when he made the Superman theme. Also I watched these movies with my Dad. He always got so excited for me to see who did it.
for those of you who enjoy these Doyle stories, you might enjoy a parody performed by THE FIRESIGN THREATRE entitled "The Adventures of Hemlock Stones and The Giant Rat of Sumatra"
Try "filming" in the Midwest or the Southwest U.S.A. They older gentleman there, really want to see & experience America. They'll have alot of stories to take home back to UK. lol... New York is fine, I suppose. It's alright. Just saying...😆🤭.
Somebody discovered that Sherlock Holmes's bald spot was all too readily seen on camera and supplied Holmes with a neat little coverup toupee, nicely appreciated in the "Antique Scene" towards the end of the film.
Thankfully, they got rid of that awful hairstyle on Sherlock Holmes in the later SH films. For a second there, Holmes looked like David Letterman or Art Garfunkel with that bad combover.
It had failed to happened. They failed to rise to the occasion to make the world a PEACEFUL place for all people. Very sad. But do love Basil Rathbone played Holmes and Nigel Bruce played Watson.
Mr. Basil Rathbone was indeed the true Sherlock Holmes & Mr. Nigel Bruce the accomplished Dr. Watson as far as i'm concerned. However, I can also realize that both these superb Actors did not want to be type cast. I have watched other movies with these Actors PORTRAYING other characters.
Best as written player was Jeremy Brett bar none. Truly a natural Sherlock without the childish schlock....all the rest were actors of there times but nothing to equal Jeremy Brett. Well done for its time though..
