England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
Cast
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson
Evelyn Ankers
Kitty
Reginald Denny
Sir Evan Barham
Thomas Gomez
R.F. Meade
Henry Daniell
Sir Anthony Lloyd
Montagu Love
General Jerome Lawford
Olaf Hytten
Admiral Sir John Fabian Prentiss
Leyland Hodgson
Captain Roland Shore
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Hillary Brooke
Jill Grandis
Harry Cording
Camberwell
Herbert Evans
Smithson - Barham's Butler (uncredited)
Fred Graham
Meade's Henchman (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
BBC Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Edgar Barrier
Voice of Terror (voice) (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Crew
John Rawlins
Director
John Bright
Screenplay
Lynn Riggs
Screenplay
Arthur Conan Doyle
Story
Russell F. Schoengarth
Editor
Elwood Bredell
Director of Photography
Howard Benedict
Associate Producer
Vera West
Costume Design
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
Robert Pritchard
Sound
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Jack Otterson
Art Direction
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