Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Sherlock Holmes helps scientist escape a trap and recover a new invention from Moriarty who wants to steal it for the Germans. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is a 1942 American English-language Adventure Crime movie starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Kaaren Verne, William Post Jr., Dennis Hoey and Julius Klein. The movie is based on The Adventure of the Dancing Men 1903 short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Universal Pictures was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Howard Benedict. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is written by Edward T. Lowe Jr., Scott Darling, Edmund L. Hartmann, Arthur Conan Doyle and W. Scott Darling and it is directed by Roy William Neill. Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon was released on 12th February 1943 and takes a screen time of 68 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon was made on a budget of $0 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $0 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Edmund L. Hartmann. Cinematography was done by Lester White and editing by Otto Ludwig. The music was composed by Frank Skinner.