The Sleeping Cardinal

A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity.

Genre : MysteryCrime

Runtime : 84 mins

Release Date : 1931-02-15

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Watchable mystery-drama with Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson respectively. A bit slow at times but I still was engaged enough with the mystery element and liked Wontner's portrayal of the classic character. **3.25/5**

Arthur Wontner ("Sherlock Holmes") and Ian Fleming ("Dr. Watson") really do foil well together as our deductive duo investigating a dastardly counterfeiting conspiracy conjured from the ever-devious mind of their nemesis "Prof. Moriarty" (? - that'd be telling...). Not unusually, this plot strays q...

Cast

Arthur Wontner

(Sherlock Holmes)

Ian Fleming

(Dr. John Watson)

Minnie Rayner

(Mrs. Hudson)

Leslie Perrins

(Ronald Adair)

Jane Welsh

(Kathleen Adair)

Norman McKinnel

(Prof. Robert Moriarty / Col. Henslowe)

William Fazan

(Thomas Fisher)

Sydney King

(Tony Rutherford)

Philip Hewland

(Inspector Lestrade)

Gordon Begg

(Marston, the butler)

Louis Goodrich

(Colonel Sebastian Moran)

Harry Terry

(No. 16)

Charles Paton

(J.J. Godfrey)