Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) Reviews & Ratings

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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon reviews

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon holds a 6.4/10 average from 149 TMDB ratings.

Though with possibly not the most authentic Germanic accent you’ll ever have heard, “Holmes” (Basil Rathbone) still manages to smuggle Swiss scientist “Tobel” (William Post Jr.) back to London where we learn that he has developed a game-changing bombsight that could turn the war in the allies favour. He’s a bit of an enigmatic chap, this man, and declines all the security offered him so it’s no great shock that bare…
— CinemaSerf (7/10)

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

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