Sherlock Holmes in the Great Murder Mystery

Our picture relates to a crime committed by a Gorilla who escapes from his cage and through circumstantial evidence a young man, whom we will call in our story Jim, is accused and is just about to be convicted. Can Sherlock Holmes free him in time? (Moving Picture World)

Cast

William Kolle

as Sherlock Holmes

Fred J. Balshofer

as Camera Person

Hermann Kolle

as Director

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