Sherlock Holmes

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.)

Cast

William Gillette

as Sherlock Holmes

Ernest Maupain

as Professor Moriarty

Marjorie Kay

as Alice Faulkner

Edward Fielding

as Dr. Watson

Stewart Robbins

as Benjamin Forman

Hugh Thompson

as Sir Edward Leighton

Ludwig Kreiss

as Baron von Stalburg

Mario Majeroni

as James Larrabee

William Postance

as Sidney Prince

Chester Beery

as Craigin

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