The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Alfred L. Werker.

Cast

• Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
• Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson
• Ida Lupino as Ann Brandon
• Alan Marshal as Jerrold Hunter
• Terry Kilburn as Billy
• George Zucco as Professor Moriarty
• Henry Stephenson as Sir Ronald Ramsgate
• E. E. Clive as Inspector Bristol
• Arthur Hohl as Henchman Bassick
• May Beatty as Mrs. Jameson, Brandon Housekeeper
• Peter Willes as Lloyd Brandon
• Mary Gordon as Mrs. Hudson
• Holmes Herbert as Justice of the Court
• George Regas as Henchman Mateo
• Mary Forbes as Lady Conyngham
• Frank Dawson as Dawes, Moriarty's servant
• William Austin as Inquisitive Stranger
• Anthony Kemble-Cooper as Tony Conyngham
• Leonard Mudie as Barrows - Moriarty's Attorney (uncredited)
• Robert Nobel as Foreman of the Jury (uncredited)
• Ivan F. Simpson as Gates - Trial Prosecutor (uncredited)
• Neil Fitzgerald as Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
• Frank Baker as Tompkins (uncredited)
• Denis Greene as Denis Green (uncredited)
• Robert Cory as Tower Sentry (uncredited)
• Gordon Hart as Guard (uncredited)
• Keith Hitchcock as Constable (uncredited)
• Ivo Henderson as Bobby (uncredited)
• Leyland Hodgson as Bobby (uncredited)
• Boyd Irwin as Bobby (uncredited)
• Charles Irwin as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
• Robert R. Stephenson as Cabby (uncredited)
• Harry Cording as Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
• Eric Wilton as Conyngham Butler (uncredited)
• Frank Benson as Cockney (uncredited)
• Ted Billings as Pub Customer (uncredited)
• Herbert Evans as Scotland Yard Man (uncredited)

Crew

• Alfred L. Werker — Director
• Edwin Blum — Screenplay
• Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography
• Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer
• William Absalom Drake — Screenplay

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