Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) on Netflix
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A British secret agent carrying a secret document is killed before he can deliver it. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson cross to Washington to find the microfilm he made of it.
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During World War II, Alfred Pettibone, a British secret agent, is killed on his way to deliver a secret document to Washington. The British government asks Sherlock Holmes for help, and he works out that Pettibone had photographed the document onto microfilm. Someone tries to kill Holmes as well, and he goes to Washington, D.C., with Doctor Watson to retrieve the microfilm before an international spy ring can get hold of it. Holmes reasons that the spies do not have it yet, because people who encountered Pettibone along the way have been harassed. The spies leave Pettibone's body where Holmes will find it, hoping to send him off the trail.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
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- John Archer and Marjorie Lord, who play an engaged couple in the film, were actually married when it was made.
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington was the first movie in its series that was completely original and did not come from any earlier written work.
- Universal Pictures moved Holmes and Watson from Victorian London to World War II, as it had in two earlier films, to make the war a topical backdrop for the stories and themes.
