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The Sleeping Cardinal is a British film of genre Crime directed by Leslie S. Hiscott released in USA on 15 february 1931 with Arthur Wontner
The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 15 february 1931
Length 1h24
Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Crime
Rating57%
The Sleeping Cardinal is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming. The film is an adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, though it is not based on any one particular story it draws inspiration from "The Empty House" and "The Final Problem". It is unrelated to the Basil Rathbone series of Holmes films which also began in the 1930s.
The film is also known as Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour in the USA.
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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.Actors
Arthur Wontner
(Sherlock Holmes)
Ian Fleming
(Dr. John Watson)
Jane Welsh
(Kathleen Adair)
Norman McKinnel
(Prof. Robert Moriarty / Col. Henslowe)
Minnie Rayner
(Mrs. Hudson)
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