
Sherlock Holmes: The Grey Lady
1937-02-26 · 92 min · ★ 6.4
Jimmy Ward infiltrates a criminal gang, only to reveal at the last moment that he is, in fact, none other than an undercover Sherlock Holmes.
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- Directors
- Erich Engels
- Production companies
- Neue Film Erich Engels
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Hermann SpeelmansJimmy Ward / Sherlock Holmes
Trude MarlenMaria Iretzkaja
Elisabeth WendtLola
Edwin JürgensenJ.V. Barnov
Theo ShallHarry Morrel
Ernst KarchowInspektor Brown
Werner FinckJohn, Diener bei Ward
Werner ScharfJack Clark
Reinhold BerntWilson
Ursula Herking
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