Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

classicsoncall It's not until the end of the movie that one realizes how many red herrings and factors unrelated to the real mystery are applied to the story. There's all that business about the chinchilla trinket and references to South America creating an expectation that those are important clues to solving a murder, and it's all for naught. Which is kind of cool because it all adds to the suspense relating to Professor Moriarty's (George Zucco) crime of the century.Moriarty's ruse was actually rather clever, a way to distract Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) from the Tower of London's Crown Jewels which the evil genius intended to steal. The sleight of hand with the Star of Delhi was a nifty touch too, but the way it was played was rather awkward. I thought Sir Ronald Ramsgate (Henry Stephenson) blew it big time when he declined the additional security that could have been provided by the authorities delivering the Star sapphire. But then we wouldn't have had that thrilling finale.Besides the great London fog atmosphere and Holmes' obsession for finding just the right note to drive his flies crazy, Ida Lupino is stunning in one of her earliest screen roles. You don't get a sense of her beauty in noir films she made a decade later like "High Sierra" or "Road House", so seeing her here as the vulnerable young woman attempting to prevent her brother's murder is a real treat. Not to mention Basil Rathbone's disguise as a gaucho entertainer, that was a real hoot too.

binapiraeus This second movie of the film serial with Basil Rathbone starring as Sherlock Holmes is no less suspenseful than the first, "The Hound of the Baskervilles"; in this case, the creepy atmosphere of London's dark, foggy streets provides the adequate atmosphere. And this time we also get to know (again) Holmes' arch-enemy Professor Moriarty, magnificently portrayed by 'shady' character actor George Zucco.Moriarty has just been acquitted once more of a murder charge, and in all his megalomania he promises Holmes that this time he'll really make the 'coup' of the century - and predicts that not even Holmes will be able to stop him... Now, just like Holmes is able to put himself in Moriarty and his thoughts, so is the criminal mastermind vice versa: he develops a 'double plan', to divert Holmes' restless mind with a 'usual' murder case - while he's planning to steal the crown jewels from the Tower! So, Holmes and his 'sidekick' Watson share the jobs, very conveniently for Holmes: he protects pretty, frightened young Ann Brandon (Ida Lupino, who shows her great talent even from this early role on!), whose brother has just been murdered and now her own life is being threatened; while Watson carefully oversees the procedure of a new stone being added to the well guarded jewels collection - only something goes wrong there, and Holmes has got to step in himself, and even get somewhat violent in another breathtaking climax face to face with Moriarty...A VERY worthy sequel for the series, this movie (again being set in a wonderfully nostalgic recreation of London at the turn of the 20th century) again proves Basil Rathbone as a perfect choice for the title role, and gives him a chance to show ALL facets of his huge talent: he even does a very funny 'Gay Nineties' style vaudeville act! Generally, all the really frightening atmosphere (some nightly scenes make it look almost pre-noir) is lit up quite a couple of times by light humor, which is very welcome at moments when shivers are running down your spine... One more example of the absolute CLASSIC 'Sherlock Holmes' movies, no doubt!

dougdoepke Big budget TCF excelled at historical dramas, so I guess it's not surprising that their recreation of a fog-bound 19th century London remains impressive, along with a couple nice touches (the creepy oboe dirge, the "strangled" stature). This is an entertaining version of Holmes as he seeks to save Ann's (Lupino) life and possibly the crown jewels from arch- criminal Moriarty. But the movie differs importantly from the better-known Universal entries. Having just seen the Roy William Neill's later Universal series with Rathbone and Bruce, I can't help but make comparisons. There's much less "comic relief" in this film, specifically no buffoonish Inspector Lestrade, and while Watson bumbles comically at times, it's more a character quality than an extended laugh-getter. But, most notable is the way Holmes is portrayed in each version. Spoiler coming up—unlike the Universal series, Holmes is actually outwitted here by the nefariously clever Moriarty (Zucco). I kept expecting Holmes to see through Moriarty's ruse and turn up in disguise to thwart the stealing of the crown jewels, which likely would have been Neill's approach (the unerring Holmes). But Holmes doesn't. Instead, he's fooled by Moriarty's diversion with Ann, and had Moriarty not dallied in the jewel cage, his "crime of the century" would have succeeded and trumped Holmes at the same time. Unlike Universal's version, this is a Holmes who can be outwitted, and I like the way the screenplay reveals how Moriarty exploits Holmes' weak spot, viz. his "restless" mind.Nonetheless, director Werker's stylistic approach here is much more routine than Neill's emphasis on colorful characters and imaginative touches. Looks to me like TCF treated the film as just another well-produced feature, whereas Neill had a personal attachment to his Holmes features, both producing and directing the series for Universal. He had something of a formula, but it's one that worked well and usually managed something distinctively memorable (the "hopping" boy in …Pearl, the human chessboard in …Faces Death, etc.). TCF's Holmes probably comes closer to the original, but I confess a sneaking preference for Universal's more contrived programmers. Still and all, this film is made memorable by its depiction of a fallible Holmes, even if he does triumph in the end.

sol1218 **SPOILERS** Professor Moriarty, George Zucco, did it again! Just when it looks like curtains for him he managed to beat a murder rap that would have sent his sorry neck straight to the London Gallows. It was only because his arch enemy the great Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone, couldn't get to the courtroom on time with evidence that would have completely contradicted Moriarty's alibi that got him acquitted of murder.Knowing that it's only a matter of time before Holmes gets the goods, as well as the hangman's rope, on him Moriarty concocts a devious plan to the destroy Holmes reputation as a great detective one's in for all. Something that would be worse then death for him! By throwing a fake pass in him having Lloyd Brandon, Peter Willis, murdered by his paid goons Moriarty, being the sneak that he is, is planning to pull off a quarterback sneak, within inches of the goal line, and score the big one in heisting the British Royal Family's Crown Jewels locked securely in the Tower of London. Knowing how Holmes' mind works Moriarty plans to send him on a wild goose chase all throughout London in finding Brandon's killer while he with his famous beard shaved off, and impersonating a London Bobbi or policeman, breaks into the Tower of London and checks out with the Crown Jewels!One of Sherlock Holmes' most baffling and difficult cases to crack in that he's up against a determined Professor Moriarty who uses all his criminal genius to make make a monkey out of Holmes and look foolish in the eyes of the British public that think the world of him.***SPOILERS*** Despite all of Holmes' efforts to save Lloyd's life he ends up getting it, in the neck, in front of dozens of witnesses on a crowded London street! This has Lloyd's kid sister Ann, Ida Lupino, terrified in that she'll be targeted next by her brother's murderer! Since she was sent the same death threat, in a letter, that he got just before he was murdered! In the end it was Sherlock Holmes' brilliant powers of deduction that uncovered Moriarty's evil plan to destroy his reputation as a great, if not the greatest, English detective. As Holmes brilliantly concluded what's the big deal about some garden verity murder, which he committed dozens during his criminal career, to Moriarty when he was planning to pull of the crime of the century! Something that would not only make newspaper headlines but be forever talked about and studied in police and military academy's the world over for years to come. It was by the boastful Moriarty bagging to Holmes what he was going to do in advance that tipped off the great detective to watch out for any false flags, like a simple murder, and not try to be fooled by them. Which in fact Holmes wasn't!P.S In fact the crime of the century was actually pulled off the very day that the film "The Advantures of Sherlock Holmes" was released to the public; September 1, 1939! It was on that very day that Adolph Hitler sent his panzer and infantry divisions into Poland which started the bloodiest war in all of recorder history: World War II!