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Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.Holmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.
William 'Wee Willie' Davis
- Gubec
- (as Wee Willie Davis)
Frederick Worlock
- Prime Minister
- (as Frederic Worlock)
Wilson Benge
- Clergyman
- (uncredited)
Sven Hugo Borg
- Johansson
- (uncredited)
Ernst Brengt
- Ship Passenger
- (uncredited)
James Carlisle
- Aide
- (uncredited)
Ashley Cowan
- Steward
- (uncredited)
James Craven
- Anton Petzval
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film contains a couple of clever in-jokes for Holmes aficionados in the form of references to famous unrecorded cases for the Great Detective: at one point Watson begins to recite the tale of The Giant Rat of Sumatra (mentioned in Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire"); whilst the action takes place aboard the S.S. Friesland (from Conan Doyle's "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", and alluded to as "a Dutch-American liner" in his Professor Challenger book "The Lost World", though here it has links to Malmö in Sweden). The film also borrows some characters and events from "The Adventure of the Red Circle."
- GoofsDr Watson discovers an automatic pistol --- i.e., one with a slide-in ammo-clip instead of a rotating cylinder --- in a lady passenger's handbag. He consistently refers to the handgun as a revolver. An ex-Army officer like Watson, no matter how daft, would never make such an "obvious" mistake.
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Sherlock Holmes: Possibly, poison is a woman's weapon.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: Sherlock Holmes and Pursuit to Algiers (2021)
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I've seen nearly all of Universal's Sherlock Holmes series by now, and have found that the level of quality doesn't vary too much between each instalment. Every entry in the series is worth watching, and I haven't seen any that I would describe as 'bad'. Pursuit to Algiers fits into this equation snugly, but even so; it's definitely one of the lesser Holmes mysteries. It does feature most of what makes the series great beyond the central plot line - such as a great performance from both the leads, a constant stream of intrigue and some great dialogue; but the actual mystery itself is rather lazy. It simply follows Holmes and Watson looking after a prince onboard a ship full of assassins. Adding to this is the fact that the sets are fairly samey, which doesn't help the film as it a few changes of scenery wouldn't have gone amiss. The film seems to know that it isn't the greatest of Holmes mysteries as well; and this translates to the screen. Holmes himself doesn't appear in the film for a proportion of the running time, which is never good when he's the main reason people are watching; and as good as Nigel Bruce is, he's not enough to carry a film about the great literary detective all on his own. I much prefer it when LeStrade features as well. Still, despite it's bad points, Pursuit to Algiers is a worthy yarn and still worth seeing for fans of these films.
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- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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