Sherlock Holmes

Jun 30, 1916

1h 57m

★ 6.3

Overview

When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal affecting the royal family, Sherlock Holmes decides to take over the case. (Considered lost, a copy was found in 2014, in the vaults of the Cinémathèque Française.)

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Production Companies

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Sherlock Holmes

William Gillette

Professor Moriarty

Ernest Maupain

Alice Faulkner

Marjorie Kay

Dr. Watson

Edward Fielding

Benjamin Forman

Stewart Robbins

Sir Edward Leighton

Hugh Thompson

Baron von Stalburg

Ludwig Kreiss

James Larrabee

Mario Majeroni

Sidney Prince

William Postance

Craigin

Chester Beery

'Lightfoot' McTague

Fred Malatesta

Madge Larrabee

Grace Reals

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