| Pursuit to Algiers | |
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 1946 US theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Screenplay by | Leonard Lee |
| Based on | Characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Produced by | Howard Benedict |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce |
| Cinematography | Paul Ivano |
| Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind |
| Music by | Edgar Fairchild |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pursuit to Algiers (1945) is the twelfth entry in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series of fourteen. Elements in the story pay homage to an otherwise unrecorded affair mentioned by Dr. Watson at the beginning of the 1903 story "The Adventure of the Norwood Builder", notably the steamship Friesland.[1] Off-camera, Watson also recounts to his audience another unrecorded affair mentioned in the 1924 story "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", that of the Giant Rat of Sumatra,[2] "a story for which the world is not yet prepared".
- ^ Barnes, Alan (2011). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Titan Books. p. 148. ISBN 9780857687760.
- ^ Eyles, Alan (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. p. 97. ISBN 0-06-015620-1.