SHERLOCK HOLMES MOVIES | PURSUIT TO ALGIERS (1945) full movie | Basil Rathbone | classic movies 

I'll never tire of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series of movies. I'd rather watch these over and over, instead of watching today's movies.

There was never a bad Basil Rathbone As Sherlock Holmes part... the movies may be dated but he and Nigel Bruce always perfect in their roles. Worth watching.

"Watson, if you ever think of taking up another profession...never even think of becoming an actor!" Great ending line!

Basil Rathbones acting is hypnotic and flawless

Sherlock Holmes creators produced a most wonderful series. Mr. Rathbone will not ever be usurped as the quintessential 'Holmes'.

If these movies were remade today, I don't think they could find a duo who would compliment each other as these two great actors.

Basil Rathbone is Sherlock Holmes to a T.. He may not know how much we have all learnt from him on so many levels including the lesson on everyday small stuff that appears unimportant. Yet is vital in polite communication with others. I watch them over and over. The best duo ever including all staff who worked behind the scenes. 👏❤️✨✨

Basil Rathbone’s physicality is perfect for Holmes : Tall, thin, narrow face, high forehead & Grecian nose + deep, highly cultured voice…..PERFECT.

I watch these over and over. Basil Rathbone is superb as Holmes. Never trie of watching

The very last lines by Rathbone and Bruce are priceless and humorous, like a cherry atop a delicious cake.

Basil Rathbone was one of my favorites. Never gave a non-perfect performance.

"Hello Ducky" Watson's reaction 🤣🤣 And yes, Nigel Bruce's singing is a surprising highlight to this good production.

Basil and Nigel are by far the best Holmes and Watson. I have watched these films countless times and enjoy them more than any other incarnation of the famous duo.

“The late Professor Moriarty was a virtuoso on the bassoon.” Priceless

Basil rathbone and nigel bruce are the perfect holmes and watson, and the scripts are faboulous, you would like to see these movies in winter, but 14 movies are far less than sufficient

Basil Rathbone has always been my favorite Sherlock Holmes.

Absolutely love these films. Basil is Sherlock to me, no one else can compare.

"My dear fellow, musical talent is hardly evidence of innocence."

2:18 I love the fact that Holmes and Watson go on holidays together. So cute!

Time for my annual binge of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson and their outrageous adventures. 🎦

Who doesn't love shipboard mysteries? These, and train mysteries are top of my list!

I love Sherlock Holmes! All the movies, etc. I can watch over again! Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are classic actors!!

I must have watched all these films 30 times each one!! I never get tired of them

Love Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson. The best team

I love these movies of holmes and watson, my favorites, such a classy time. So much respect and innocence.

The Actress playing the singer is so lovely and natural.

Dr. Watson singing Loch Lomond is a treasure with beautiful Marjorie Riordan at the piano. At 51.20 min.

I love how Watson always talks like there's no one else in the room. lol He's giving away all the details lol

" Green was never a becoming colour for the old trout " classic Holmes 👌

This one had to be one of the best SHERLOCK HOLMES! by far!

I read the whole volume when i was 13 back in 1963. I still enjoy it at 72.

We remember only the actor Basil Rathbone, and the supporting actor, Dr. Watson, however, there were many people, the production crew, the writers, the director, and a whole team of characters that make up a treasure trove of stimulation we enjoy as viewers.

Here I go again. I'll watch this for the 20th time (at least) if for no ther reason than to hear Nigel Bruce sing Loch Lomond. The problem is that, after watching it, every time I see a menu for the next month I'll wind up traipsing up and down dark alleys trying to get to a meeting with a foreign ambassador.

"... to make yourself as conspicuous as possible." Piece a cake for Watson.

I fell in love with these movies as a young teen over 50 years ago and they never got old. My favorite actors in these parts. I read that once Basil Rathbone informed the movie studio he would no longer make these movies, he received tons of hate mail from his fans and the general public outraged that he quit. They wanted more! Wish they made a few more.

I agree that Basil Rathbone was the ultimate Sherlock Holmes. He looks exactly as I had pictured Holmes when I read the stories as a child. I appreciate Jeremy Brett’s performance and the absolute dedication that production had to Conan Doyle’s stories. But even though some of these movie plots are a bit hokey I never tire of them. I like how Rathbone looks as Holmes. His profile and build are perfect and those languid eyes when he plays the violin. Which he really could and did play. His every gesture and glance is Holmes. Which Jeremy Brett, God love him, over acted at times, and got shrill. Holmes was never shrill. I also, like many others love Rathbone and Bruce together, they seem to have a natural affection for each other or are just great actors. Yes Nigel Bruce plays Watson as a bungler, which he never was in the stories, but some how it works and I love it. Benedict Cumberbatch is a good actor, but that series lost sight of the feel of Holmes, even though they actually stole some bits of their absurd plots from these movies. I have the complete set of these movies and watch them again every few years or so and never tire of them I too grew up watching them in the 60s with my Dad when I was a teenager and I still love them. I even got my daughter addicted to Sherlock Holmes, although to her Jeremy Brett is the ultimate Holmes.

Nigel Bruce doesn't sing nearly enough in these films--his voice is amazing! also 55:51 when the salt spills and Watson throws some over his shoulder--my grandmother used to do that! It's an old superstitious thing. Oh and "Don't even THINK of becoming an actor!" omg i am die lol

Nigel Brice as Dr. Watson at his best. What a wonderful movie. Now a days, I do not go to movie theaters and spend $17 to watch a movie at the mall ... These classic are simply superb to watch. Basic Rathbone is SherlockHolmes personified.

Honestly, hearing Watson sing is the sweetest moment in the whole film!

Love this one. Really gives Nigel Bruce a chance to shine.

Basil Rathbone as Holmes makes me very happy.😊 Thank you.❤️

Nigel Bruce had a magnificent singing voice!

Along with everything else with the Basil/Nigel Holmes movies I've always enjoyed the great tidbits of humor. Bruce was always the perfect foil to Rathbone. "... never even think of becoming an actor"

I just get mesmerized by basil rathbone always..... What to do

Better than anything on TV today. The only detective series in recent history do I love as much as Holmes is Wallander. Foyle's War was great, too. But Sherlock remains king. Chan not too far behind. (Nicer guy, too! lol)

Quite a lovely girl playing Sheila, also something of a rocket scientist: Marjorie Riordan was "discovered" in Wisconsin in the early 1940s and became a studio contract player at Warner Brothers. During the 1950s she and another Warner Brothers player, Joyce Reynolds, decided that they found acting intellectually unsatisfying and the two of them returned to graduate school to study speech pathology. Riordan's focus in graduate school was the psycho-dynamics of stuttering which led her, in turn, to study clinical psychology. Throughout the late fifties and first couple of years of the sixties, she pursued both her careers as a clinical psychologist and as an actress, but then gave up acting altogether. While in graduate school, she met her husband Allan Schlaff, who was also a clinical psychologist. The two had a son, John Schlaff, who was born in 1959. Riordan succumbed to breast cancer in 1984.

Loved this one. Watson’s solo was fantastic especially.

I will NEVER buy a product from any company that interrupts my viewing of the movie.

love the scene at the end, holmes and watson sitting closely together like real friends

Girl: hello duckie! Watson: How about no? 7:48 Basil almost laughed there. Good recovery.

I wish they would write plots like this. Now a days just blood and curse words.

Big snow storm on its way, and I'm so ready for some Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie movies..with the fuzzy blanket and hot cocoa. And a lil dab of Irish cream.

Now that I've seen basil rathbone playing shuffle board, it looks very cool.

Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce I love them together in Sherlock Holmes thank you for sharing this movie 🎬

I love that line by a disgruntled Watson when they are in the fish and chip restaurant. " Fish and chips, a nice place you've brought me to". I'm not sure if that was an intended spin on the word 'Plaice'.

These short films are excellent. Not only are the plots riveting, but they resolve quickly.

Now I have a yearning for some fish and chips.🍴🍟🍋

This is still one of my FAV Sherlock Holmes films, where in the entire series, Rathbone is unquestionably *The Quintessential* Sir Conan Doyle character, and here, where fabulous Nigel Bruce as Watson "lays down" a few of THE Funniest and _'Perpetually English'_ classic lines throughout the film....!!! 👌 Although in truth, for me, *ALL 14* of the Rathbone-n-Bruce combo movies are "THE Best of The Rest...." ✔

I must say, I agree with you and never tire of Basil Rathbone. . His depiction of Sherlock Holmes is practically unmeasurable…pure joy.

That Sherlock Holmes is one of the best detectives in the world

I watch these movies every day. I never tire of them.

bonnie banks of loch lomond is so hauntingly beautiful and touches hearts to bring one to tears...👍👍 thank U Dr. Watson!!

Basil was the best Sherlock Holmes ever,he was a great actor and this character suited him so much! The best Sherlock ever..and the Dr Watson character is outstanding Thanks

Them repeatedly calling that gun a “revolver” drove me bonkers lol. Still love these old classics.

The golden era of cinema when the movies made were entertaining and had a moral at the end.

My top fave in this series. Funny thing.......the first time I saw this movie, I did not win me over. But now I can't get enough of it.

Sherlock Holmes is about the only show i can watch 10 times over the years lol. Espec. Basil Rathbone. I even love the radio programs. I also look forward to well written new ones. Australia does a great radio Sherlock series btw❤

Enjoy this movie so much. Watch and re-watch it all the time. Love the music. The humor. The ambience. I know it's just a movie.... but as I watch it I wonder why the Prime Minister of Ravinia didn't just have the Crown Prince transported back home on a British or American destroyer or other warship....????

The shipboard scenes take me straight back to my trips aboard Union Castle ships and the ex Union Castle ship the S.A. Vaal. 14 night trips from Southampton to Capetown. There is something about those older ships. So sturdy and streamlined. The best part for me was dinner and strolling on the deck in the dark. I truly love these films. Thanks for uploading them.

Nigel Bruce, such an excellent actor, his singing voice not bad either..

Started watching these during confinement and love them

Nigel Bruce is my favorite of the duo. He plays the fool brilliantly and he certainly was anything but. He could have been a model when he was young. He got machine gunned in the legs when in the trenches of WW1 and even after being medically discharged due to his wounds he reenlisted as a trainer for the rest of the war. Some people have incredibly colorful lives his was certainly one of them.

Basil Rathbone is the only Sherlock Holmes to me.

Just can't get enough of these SH movies. I'm hopelessly hooked. Can't wait for RDJ & crew's 3rd movie to arrive. Thank you England for your never ending pursuit of good SH's entertainment and may there never be a Rated R SH's movie. PG or even G rated SH's movies and a great mystery to unlock is all we need for pure entertainment...

I have always been fascinated by history and, to me, this is like glimpsing history in motion.

Thanks for Sharing my grandmother loved these movies. I always watched with her She was born in 1903.and. now I'm 63 and I will always love the old movies. Especially. Love the old Antiques.

I’ve really enjoyed other portrayals of Sherlock Holmes, especially those by Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch but the one I find totally believable, is Basil Rathbone’s. It’s great to be able to watch these films. Thank you !

"CORONAVIRUS WORLD WAR- 3 LOCKDOWN " in 2020 has kept people all over the World confined indoors and for me a chance to get back to my film addiction.A a big fan of Sherlock Holmes having even visited the " SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM" in London in 2010 never knew that films were produced on Arthur Conan Doyle Novels way back in 1940;s during World War-2 .Stumbled onto this excellent 1945 film and as usual didn't disappoint either in suspense or authenticity of locale on a sea voyage and life on a passenger ship.As long as the sea exists, ships and shipping will exist for eternity and as a former "Marine Engineer" sailor on Merchant ships could identify with the locales..Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson have set the method of acting for future generation of actors playing the role.A excellent film that could be relevant in any era or generation as MONEY makes the cruise comfortable.. Ahoy !

The end was great!

another wonderful old classic.

Thank you so much for these wonderful movies, it's like being with old friends again. Thrilled to hear Nigel Bruce singing as well (it is him).

Martin Kosleck was the knife-throwing villain - so good!!

I love the way Basil says Neview instead of Nephew

When I read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, I always see Basil Rathbone as Sherlock.

Brilliant twist at the end I didn't see coming. Watson singing was brilliant. The more of these films I watch the more Watson's bumbling idiotic character grows on me. Basil Rathbone is fantastic as well of course. They certainly don't make them like this any more!

Dear Feature Film, This is by far the best Rathbone Holmes I have seen, better even than The Hound. Steady pacing, the sub plot of the jewels and the girl, the tension and stupefying twist at the end. You could have knocked me over with a feather at that final twist, as they might have said. And Watson's singing! But Nigel Bruce was very much a part of showbiz in those days - they all had to be able to act, sing and dance. And the girl had a truly fabulous voice. Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this. Didn't have any popcorn at hand but went through two packets of crisps. Thank you so very much!

Fantastic movie of Sherlock Holmes.Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce pair is perfect pair as Sherlock and Dr. Watson.

Good flick. Basil Rathbone is the best Sherlock Holmes.

thank you for these classical movies of the GREAT SHERLOCK HOLMES I REMEMBER GROWING UP WATCHING THESE MOVIES AND THERE EXCITING!!! ONE OF MY MOST FAVORITE!!!

I love Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, fantastically innovative take on the roles and yet believable and entertaining

I had been watching all of these in order for the past month or so...until I got to this one. It wasn't on the platform I was using. I never would've thought that it would be here of all places. Absolutely baffling.

Absolutely fabulous. Most thrilling, all his movies are fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

I think this is my favourite SH movie- though I haven’t seen all of them (but I’m working on it)!! Sherlock’s deadpan replies to Watson crack me up- love that stuff. A lot of subtlety in his acting which is so conspicuously missing in today’s movies.

This movie is special in many ways. But the two things I like best about it are: - It's surprising and unexpected ending; and, - The fact that the Firesign Theater in 1974 made an album called, "The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra." Now, this title was taken directly from the movie wherein Dr. Watson relates a Sherlock Holmes adventure to guests at a dinner party. In all these years, I never thought that the Firesign Theater album's title was taken from an actual Sherlock Holmes movie!

They were a great team. I loved Nigels blithering fool to Basils ascerbic logic.

The big silent bad guy was Wee Willie Davis - American wrestler.

Out of all the moments from the history of Sherlock, nothing gets me like a compliment from Holmes to Watson. Especially in the Rathbone series. He's so short tempered and condescending to him any other time. Bossy. The few times he compliments him or makes it obvious he cares has stuck with me more than almost anything. Him saying the guy that helped saved Watson deserved the reward at the end of In the House of Fear is the best example. And then the compliment here where you get the little giggle from Watson. Holmes can't stand near anyone. But he spends hours upon hours with Watson. You know he has to care,it's just really something when you see it. I've felt that way about many different Holmes and Watson duos honestly. I would say this is my least favorite Watson,if he wasn't so charming. He works so well playing off him,the stupidity comes off as endearing. And he has his moments where it's plain he's not a punk or an idiot either. This man is a wounded veteran and a doctor. I never understood why so many played him the way they did. This would be a highly educated man. He wouldn't have the deduction skills of Holmes, because they are unrealistic to begin with...but he wouldn't be an outright cartoon either. I do enjoy when they get close to the books but make something a bit different. The Sherlock series and some of the games,the Jeremy Brett series,etc. They are such good characters they can be interpreted a number of ways and still be instantly recognizable. They've made him everything from a complete leech and a drug addict,to kinder than Sir Arthur could have ever wanted. And a lot of it is right there in the material. Just depends on the person who sees it. I was happy to look through the comments and see other big fans. Especially when they are younger or older. I like seeing the ones that say they saw them when they were little,and the ones that said their grandparents just made them watch them or whatever else. Not only Holmes,but the actors and ACD himself are immortal. It's crazy when you think about it. He created a character (really I should say characters) that is still loved like 125 years later. There's not many people or companies that can say that besides Disney/Marvel...and even that's not as old. I always wonder what these creators would think. Conan Doyle and Tom Clancy are ones I wonder about all the time. I always hope they would be proud,but one has to wonder.

Cant remember the last time I sat at a dinner table like that. miss the whole idea, maybe someday.

BASIL RATHBONE = SHERLOCK HOLMES. (No other actor comes close).

I never tire from the Rathbone-Bruce series. I laugh at the same places each time!