Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

Despite planning a fishing and shooting holiday in Scotland, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are approached to help smuggle the Prince Royal of another country back into his homeland. The King has been assassinated already and the Prince is feared to be next. Holmes and the Prince go by plane while Watson travels by boat as a decoy. When Holmes’ plane is shot down Watson fears the worst until he finds that Holmes et al are already on the boat. With many days left before Algiers, Holmes must outwit the assassins he suspects are onboard.

cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Marjorie Riordan

1945, B&W, 65 minutes