BASIL RATHBONE NIGEL BRUCE
In SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON
Digitally Restored in 35mm
The master detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful
cohort Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are back, preserved and digitally
restored in 35mm to original condition by the UCLA Film and Television
Archive. This newly restored version of the classic film includes the
period war bond tag, studio logo and credits from its original
theatrical release. Filled with ominous shadows and interesting camera
angles, the visual beauty of the film in 35mm is stunning. Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men" inspired THE
SECRET WEAPON. The wartime plot pits Sherlock Holmes once more against
his nemesis, the villainously brilliant Professor Moriarty, who was
believed dead but is now working for the Nazis. The Nazis have assigned
Moriarty to kidnap Dr. Franz Tobel, the inventor of a new super
bombsight. Sherlock Holmes outwits the enemy agents and escapes with
Tobel and his precious invention. But despite elaborate precautions,
the inventor later disappears before the process of manufacturing the
bombsight is perfected. Holmes and Watson must stop the Nazis
from getting their hands on the new bombsight, wrapped in a code of
dancing men. Using a variety of disguises - a Swiss inventor, the
Lascar sailor Ram Singh, and an old German bookseller, Holmes puts his
own life on the line in a race against the clock to prevent Moriarty
from carrying out his evil plans. THE SECRET WEAPON is also the first
of the films to introduce Dennis Hoey as Scotland Yard detective
Inspector Lestrade. Preserved and restored in 35mm by the UCLA Film and
Television Archive.
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