, 1h24 Directed byLeslie S. Hiscott OriginUnited-kingdom GenresCrime ThemesSherlock Holmes films, Buddy films ActorsArthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Jane Welsh, Norman McKinnel, Minnie Rayner, Gordon Begg Roles Mrs. Hudson Rating58% Opening with a silent sequence in silhouette within the Bank of England, we’re whisked to a London home where Foreign Office bureaucrat Ronnie Adair (Leslie Perrins) is once again winning handsomely whilst gambling at bridge. Adair is called to a meeting with The Sleeping Cardinal, a picture disguising the identity of Professor Moriarty (Norman McKinnel), and blackmailed into taking counterfeit money to Paris in his diplomatic pouch. Adair’s concerned sister calls for the assistance of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) and Dr. Watson (Ian Fleming) to investigate the reasons for her brothers gambling excesses and depressed moods. After Adair succumbs to an apparent suicide; Holmes derives from a trail of clues Moriarty's involvement. [...]See more...