The Secret Weapon

1942 · mystery · Howard Benedict · Universal Pictures

In the fourth film of the series, Sherlock Holmes assists the inventor of a revolutionary bomb sight, Dr Tobel, to smuggle his work out of Switzerland and into England. Once in England the bomb sight pieces and the Tobel go missing, leaving Holmes and Watson with code of dancing stick figures to break before Professor Moriarty so they can find the remaining pieces of the weapon. This is a slightly better print than others available on the Internet Archive. Copyright Status: PUBLIC DOMAIN Registered under LP11561 on 31 August 1942 SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON. Universal Pictures Co., Inc., (c)1942. 7 reels, sd. Based on the story "The Dancing Men" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Credits: Producer. Howard Benedict; director, Roy William Neill; screenplay, Edward T. Lowe, W. Scott Darling. Edmund L. Hartmann; adaptation, W. Scott Darling, Edward T. Lowe; photography, Les White; film editor. Otto Ludwig. Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 31Aug42; LP11561. NO RENEWAL FOUND