The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
Genres: Mystery, Adventure
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a 1939 American mystery adventure film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Although claiming to be an adaptation of the 1899 play Sherlock Holmes by William Gillette, the film bears little resemblance to the play.