

Pursuit to Algiers
1945-10-26 · 65 min · ★ 6.8
After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.
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- Directors
- Roy William Neill
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Basil RathboneSherlock Holmes
Nigel BruceDoctor Watson
Marjorie RiordanSheila Woodbury
Rosalind IvanAgatha Dunham
Morton LowrySteward
Leslie VincentNikolas Watson
Martin KosleckMirko
Rex EvansGregor
John AbbottJodri
Gerald HamerKingston
William 'Wee Willie' DavisGubek
Frederick WorlockPrime Minister
Tom DillonMatthias Cherney (uncredited)
Olaf HyttenStimson (uncredited)
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