Feb 18, 2024
A series of 14 Sherlock Holmes films was released from 1939—1946. Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce portrayed Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. The first two films were produced by 20th Century-Fox and released in 1939. Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further 12 films. The films from Fox had large budgets, high production values and were set in the Victorian era. Universal updated the films' setting to the then-present time of World War II with Holmes fighting the Nazis and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. All but the first three films were directed by Roy William Neill. [X]