sherlock holmes and the secret weapon starts in switzerland as the world foremost detective sherlock holmes (basil rathbone) outwits the nazi  and manages to smuggle a brilliant scientist named dr. franz tobel (william post jr. ) out of the country and to the relative safety of london. but is london as safe as holmes thinks. dr. tobel has engineered a revolutionary new bomb sight that will change aerial bombardment forever and he has agreed to give it to the british government and but those nazi want it just as badly and holmes arch enemy professor moriarty (lionel atwill) plans on stealing the secret of the bomb sight and selling it to the nazi . add the bumbling inspector lestrade (denis hoey) of scotland yard and dr. tobel love interest charlotte eberli (kaaren verne) and assassins and mysterious scientists and a puzzling coded message and holmes has his work cut out to keep dr. tobel alive so he can deliver his bomb sight. directed by roy william neill sherlock holmes and the secret weapon was the fourth in a series of fourteen holmes films made between 1939 and 1946 to feature rathbone and bruce as holmes and watson. the script by edward t. lowe jr. and scott darling and edmund l. hartmann is based on the short the dancing men by sir arthur conan doyle and isn not the tradition holmes murder mystery as it more of a wartime adventure story. to neglect what holmes is all about and the solving of complex crimes and mysteries is a big mistake as far as i am concerned and the involvement of the nazi  and the war as a backdrop to the story feels out of place and awkward and just do not sit too well with me. the dialogue isn not great and professor moriarty feels almost like an afterthought as if they couldn not come up with a villain for it and as a whole it far less engaging than other in the series. however and at least it short. director neill does his usual efficient job but you have to cut it a little slack and bear in mind that it was made over 60 years ago. it has no real style or imagination and lacks both atmosphere and intrigue as well. technically the film is ok if unspectacular and the black and white cinematography is fine although i understand that a computer colourised version is also available. the acting is alright and bruce and hoey do their usual comic relief turns and rathbone hairstyle in this looks ridiculous and i am glad he changed it for later instalments. sherlock holmes and the secret weapon was a disappointment when compared to some of the other excellent entries in the series and there is very little by which i can recommend it and everything that made the other so good seems to be missing here. leave this one till last and watch some of the better ones first and for die hard fans only. 
sherlock holmes and the secret weapon starts in switzerland as the world foremost detective sherlock holmes (basil rathbone) outwits the nazi  and manages to smuggle a brilliant scientist named dr. franz tobel (william post jr. ) out of the country and to the relative safety of london. but is london as safe as holmes thinks. dr. tobel has engineered a revolutionary new bomb sight that will change aerial bombardment forever and he has agreed to give it to the british government and but those nazi want it just as badly and holmes arch enemy professor moriarty (lionel atwill) plans on stealing the secret of the bomb sight and selling it to the nazi . add the bumbling inspector lestrade (denis hoey) of scotland yard and dr. tobel love interest charlotte eberli (kaaren verne) and assassins and mysterious scientists and a puzzling coded message and holmes has his work cut out to keep dr. tobel alive so he can deliver his bomb sight. directed by roy william neill sherlock holmes and the secret weapon was the fourth in a series of fourteen holmes films made between 1939 and 1946 to feature rathbone and bruce as holmes and watson. the script by edward t. lowe jr. and scott darling and edmund l. hartmann is based on the short the dancing men by sir arthur conan doyle and isn not the tradition holmes murder mystery as it more of a wartime adventure story. to neglect what holmes is all about and the solving of complex crimes and mysteries is a big mistake as far as i am concerned and the involvement of the nazi  and the war as a backdrop to the story feels out of place and awkward and just do not sit too well with me. the dialogue isn not great and professor moriarty feels almost like an afterthought as if they couldn not come up with a villain for it and as a whole it far less engaging than other in the series. however and at least it short. director neill does his usual efficient job but you have to cut it a little slack and bear in mind that it was made over 60 years ago. it has no real style or imagination and lacks both atmosphere and intrigue as well. technically the film is ok if unspectacular and the black and white cinematography is fine although i understand that a computer colourised version is also available. the acting is alright and bruce and hoey do their usual comic relief turns and rathbone hairstyle in this looks ridiculous and i am glad he changed it for later instalments. sherlock holmes and the secret weapon was a disappointment when compared to some of the other excellent entries in the series and there is very little by which i can recommend it and everything that made the other so good seems to be missing here. leave this one till last and watch some of the better ones first and for die hard fans only. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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