Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon: the Screenplay of the film - Softcover

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1530967600 ISBN 13: 9781530967605

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

The Classic Movie starring Basil Rathnone and Nigel Bruce based on ‘The Dancing Men’ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle At the height of World War 2, Swiss inventor, Professor Tobel, has created a new device to make the dropping of bombs far more accurate. The side in possessing that invention would have a huge advantage in the conflict. Sherlock Holmes is tasked first with spiriting Tobel out of Switzerland from under the noses of the Gestapo, and then with protecting both the Professor and his invention when they reach London. However, waiting in London, with schemes of his own, is Holmes’ greatest enemy, the dreaded Professor Moriarty... The screenplay of the classic 1942 movie which starred Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson, and the story for which was based upon Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story, ‘The Dancing Men’.

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About the Author

Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859 to Charles and Mary Doyle.

From 1876 to 1881 he studied at the University of Edinburgh Medical School, and in 1882 he moved to Portsmouth to set up a medical practice. During quiet periods in his surgery, he wrote stories, and in 1886, his first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet was published.

Arthur Conan Doyle's creation was a great success, and he wrote 56 short stories and 4 novels on the famous detective over the next 40 years.

Arthur Conan Doyle died in 1930 at the age of 71.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1530967600
• ISBN 13: 9781530967605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104