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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788605109
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0788605100
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 28, 2003
Running Time: 68 minutes
Sales Rank: 47071
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 12, 1943
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Description:
BASIL RATHBONE NIGEL BRUCE
In SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON
Digitally Restored in 35mm
The master detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are back, preserved and digitally restored in 35mm to original condition by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This newly restored version of the classic film includes the period war bond tag, studio logo and credits from its original theatrical release. Filled with ominous shadows and interesting camera angles, the visual beauty of the film in 35mm is stunning.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 'The Adventure of the Dancing Men' inspired THE SECRET WEAPON. The wartime plot pits Sherlock Holmes once more against his nemesis, the villainously brilliant Professor Moriarty, who was believed dead but is now working for the Nazis. The Nazis have assigned Moriarty to kidnap Dr. Franz Tobel, the inventor of a new super bombsight. Sherlock Holmes outwits the enemy agents and escapes with Tobel and his precious invention. But despite elaborate precautions, the inventor later disappears before the process of manufacturing the bombsight is perfected.
Holmes and Watson must stop the Nazis from getting their hands on the new bombsight, wrapped in a code of dancing men. Using a variety of disguises - a Swiss inventor, the Lascar sailor Ram Singh, and an old German bookseller, Holmes puts his own life on the line in a race against the clock to prevent Moriarty from carrying out his evil plans. THE SECRET WEAPON is also the first of the films to introduce Dennis Hoey as Scotland Yard detective Inspector Lestrade. Preserved and restored in 35mm by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - For England
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are forever Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in the minds of filmgoers the world over. Based on a Conan Doyle story, The Dancing Men, yet updated to modern England during wartime, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon is fun to watch. While it doesn't sparkle to the degree of some entries in the series, a dash of patriotism and Kaaren Verne's lovely presence make it worthwhile.
It begins with Holmes sneaking top scientist Franz Tobler out of Switzerland. ... Read More
Rating: - "Secret Weapon (1943) ... Sherlock Holmes ... 20th Century Fox (2005)"
20th Century Fox present "SECRET WEAPON" (Released: 12 February 1943/68 mins) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- now in COLOR and Glorious Black and White --- Under Roy William Neill (Director), W. Scott Darling (Screenwriter), Edmund L. Hartmann (Screenwriter), Edward T. Lowe (Screenwriter), Lester White (Cinematographer), Charles Previn (Musical Direction/Supervision), Hans Salter (Composer (Music Score) ,Frank Skinner (Composer (Music Score), Otto Ludwig (Editor), Martin Obzina ... Read More
Rating:  - The Secret is Stunning!
I've always been leery of "colorized" BW films. Seems the color is typically "splotchy," with an unreal quality, but I found this colorized version of The Secret Weapon quite remarkable. As with The Woman in Green, also available, if I hadn't already been aware the movie was originally black and white, I would think it had been filmed initially in color! I found it that good. I think it adds to the viewing experience, making the characters and story more readily immediate rather than more like a story ... Read More
Rating: - SherlockHolmes and the Secret Weapon
Being a Sherlock Holmes fan the Colourized version was very good
Rating: - Colorized Holmes
I ordered this version out of curiosity. When Ted Turner began colorizing films in the 80's, I was generally opposed to the idea. The few films I saw with this technique applied did not look very good (artificial-looking) and the artistry of the black and white photography seemed to be lost. When I came across these recent releases of the Rathbone Holmes films I decided to try one; they were the public domain films which had been released for years in poor VHS and DVD versions and to be honest, were some ... Read More
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