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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) is a wartime mystery you can watch online on iFILM. In the first months of World War Two, a sinister voice cuts into BBC broadcasts to announce Nazi sabotage just before it strikes.
With the Defense Committee stumped, the case lands on Sherlock Holmes. The detective and his loyal Dr. Watson chase a spy network from the drawing rooms of the elite down to the dockside slums of Limehouse. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce remain the era's definitive screen pairing of Holmes and Watson.
John Rawlins' film launched the Universal series that pulled Holmes out of the Victorian age and into the war years, borrowing loosely from Conan Doyle's story His Last Bow. At 65 brisk black-and-white minutes, it is short, pacey and steeped in the propaganda of its moment. Stream Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror online on iFILM.
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