Pursuit to Algiers
1945 · 1h 5m · APPROVED
Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Roy William Neill
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Roy William Neill Director
- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson
- Marjorie Riordan as Sheila Woodbury
- Rosalind Ivan as Agatha Dunham
- Morton Lowry as Steward
- Leslie Vincent as Nikolas Watson
- Martin Kosleck as Mirko
- Rex Evans as Gregor
- John Abbott as Jodri
- Gerald Hamer as Kingston
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