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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Directed by Roy William Neill

Mystery | Crime

Overview

After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.

Rated NR | Length 65 minutes

Actors

Basil Rathbone | Nigel Bruce | Marjorie Riordan | Rosalind Ivan | Morton Lowry | Leslie Vincent | Martin Kosleck | Rex Evans | John Abbott | Gerald Hamer | William 'Wee Willie' Davis | Frederick Worlock | Tom Dillon | James Carlisle | Olaf Hytten | Gordon Jackson

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Another fun Sherlock Holmes tales from the Basil Rathbone. Instead of a train (Terror by Night) Holmes and Watson are on a ocean liner escorting a prince to Algiers. The chip is loaded w/a rogues gallery of assassins who want to kill the prince. There’s a fun gag where Holmes gets separated from Watson and presumed killed but of course that’s not the case when he reappears having thwarted the assassins again.

According to the restoration intro on another disc, this was the most heavily damaged print. He even mentions that it was a result of vinegar syndrome, which was amusing to hear.

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