The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
ThrillerMysteryCrime
5.2/10
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|84 min
Release Date: 1935-03-24
Overview - Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
Production Companies
Gaumont-British Picture CorporationReal Art Productions
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CinemaSerf
6/10
Another efficient outing for Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming as "Holmes" and "Watson" sees the renowned detective teased from retirement to investigate the mysterious, and rather brutal, death of a country gent at the hands of an American gang ("The Scowlers"). To start with, no-one is quite sure why this fellow had been slaughtered in the first place, but we soon start to get an inkling of the bac...
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