Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
When faces with total war a nation most mobilize all it's assets and in this case it includes literary characters for propaganda purposes as Sherlock Holmes takes on Nazi spies in the second world war. This is the fourth film in the series of adaptations staring Basil Rathbone and is based on the first world war propaganda story “His Last Bow”.
As this is a very obvious propaganda film it is interesting to note that it is anti Nazi rather than anti German but never the less there is not much subtlety on show here in terms of the plot or sentiment of the story. The film is kept fairly short and the plot is not exactly what you would call stellar but does just enough to not be too bad despite a few moments that are fairly weak such as people that have been stabbed in the back magically appearing at the door to fall through dead.
3/5 just about a decent film but I would not seek it out.
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