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The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes is a film of genre Comedy directed by Eduard von Borsody with Hans Albers
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (1937)
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Rating69%
The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (German: Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war) is a German mystery comedy of 1937, directed by Karl Hartl.
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Detective Morris Flynn (Hans Albers) and his assistant Macky McMacpherson (Heinz Rühmann), masquereading as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, investigate two attractive sisters, Mary and Jane Berry, and the theft and forgery of valuable postage stamps.Actors
Hans Albers
(Sherlock Holmes / Morris Flint)
Heinz Rühmann
(Dr. John H. Watson / Macky McPherson)
Marieluise Claudius
(Mary Berry)
Hansi Knoteck
(Jane Berry)
Angelo Ferrari
(Gangster Fred im Expresszug)
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