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

Basil Rathbone — Sherlock Holmes

Basil Rathbone, MC, Kt (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967), was an English actor. He rose to prominence in England as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in over 70 films, primarily costume dramas, swashbucklers, and, occasionally, horror films. He frequently portrayed suave villains or morally ambiguous characters, such as Murdstone in David Copperfield (1935) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne in

Nigel Bruce — Doctor Watson

William Nigel Ernle Bruce, best known as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor on stage and screen. He was best known for his portrayal of Doctor Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes). Bruce is also remembered for his roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca and Suspicion.