Pursuit to Algiers

1945 65 min ★ 6.8 Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Adventure, Romance

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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Cast

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

Doctor Watson

Marjorie Riordan

Sheila Woodbury

Rosalind Ivan

Agatha Dunham

Morton Lowry

Steward

Leslie Vincent

Nikolas Watson

Martin Kosleck

Mirko

Rex Evans

Gregor

John Abbott

Jodri

Gerald Hamer

Kingston

Details

Director

Roy William Neill

Screenplay

Leonard Lee

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Universal Pictures

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

July 1, 2022

★ 7/10

This is one of my favourite outings for Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce as "Holmes" and "Watson". Possibly because this one gives more screen time to the amiable Nigel Bruce - he even gives us a rendition "The Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond" as the pair embark on a dangerous mission to repatriate the King of Rovinia to his country following the assassination of his father. In order to, theoretically, avoid...