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Feature film — 1916

Sherlock Holmes (1916)

6.31h 57mMystery — Crime

When a couple of scammers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will to discover the whereabouts of letters whose dissemination could cause a scandal affecting the royal family, Sherlock Holmes decides to take over the case. (Considered lost, a copy was found in 2014, in the vaults of the Cinémathèque Française.)

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A high-signal pick with 62 votes.

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

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Director: Arthur Berthelet

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Cast & crew

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes

William Gillette

Sherlock Holmes

Ernest Maupain as Professor Moriarty

Ernest Maupain

Professor Moriarty

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Marjorie Kay

Alice Faulkner

Edward Fielding as Dr. Watson

Edward Fielding

Dr. Watson

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Stewart Robbins

Benjamin Forman

Hugh Thompson as Sir Edward Leighton

Hugh Thompson

Sir Edward Leighton

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Ludwig Kreiss

Baron von Stalburg

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Mario Majeroni

James Larrabee

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William Postance

Sidney Prince

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Chester Beery

Craigin

Fred Malatesta as 'Lightfoot' McTague

Fred Malatesta

'Lightfoot' McTague

Grace Reals as Madge Larrabee

Grace Reals

Madge Larrabee

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