I'm supposing that Universal Pictures heard from Baker Street purists that they should cease and desist using Sherlock Holmes for wartime propaganda purposes and start giving them the mysteries that they knew and loved. So Sherlock Holmes Faces Death makes some reference to the war as the location of the three murders was a temporary hospital donated by the Musgrave siblings which was also their home.
Although brought up to World War II times, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is based on the Arthur Conan Doyle story, the Musgrave Ritual. Frederic Worlock, Gavin Muir, and Hillary Brooke are the Musgrave siblings and Worlock is the first to go.
Dr. Watson is working in this makeshift hospital on the Musgrave Manor grounds and he brings in his best friend and the best detective around, Sherlock Holmes. What else would you expect but for Holmes to get to the bottom of this and two other murders. Nigel Bruce's Watson is still something of a doofus, but his medical forensic training and Basil Rathbone's own expertise are a great deal of the reason why Rathbone solves the case. And not incidentally show up Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade who arrested the wrong suspect.
Fans of the Universal Holmes series should like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, though isn't that what he's always doing?
Although brought up to World War II times, Sherlock Holmes Faces Death is based on the Arthur Conan Doyle story, the Musgrave Ritual. Frederic Worlock, Gavin Muir, and Hillary Brooke are the Musgrave siblings and Worlock is the first to go.
Dr. Watson is working in this makeshift hospital on the Musgrave Manor grounds and he brings in his best friend and the best detective around, Sherlock Holmes. What else would you expect but for Holmes to get to the bottom of this and two other murders. Nigel Bruce's Watson is still something of a doofus, but his medical forensic training and Basil Rathbone's own expertise are a great deal of the reason why Rathbone solves the case. And not incidentally show up Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade who arrested the wrong suspect.
Fans of the Universal Holmes series should like Sherlock Holmes Faces Death, though isn't that what he's always doing?