a british secret agent be assign the task of take some secret document to washington and d. c. it wartime in europe and enemy agent would be only too happy to get their hand on these paper . when the british agent do make it off the train from new york and thing look bleak . enter sherlock holmes and his trusty and ever faithful sidekick and dr. watson . the british government entrusts locate the miss agent and the secret paper he carry and and and ultimately and the success of the allied war effort to holmes . i have never be much of a fan of the modern day and wwii set sherlock holmes film . i wholeheartedly prefer the victorian holmes thriller like the scarlet claw and the hound of the baskervilles to something like the voice of terror . too much flag waving and blindly chase nazi and and gun play for my liking . i prefer the more sedate and cerebral holmes who analyze clue and outsmart the baddie . and that probably why i find sherlock holmes in washington so appeal . the movie allow holmes to use his intellect to solve the case . holmes analyze a sliver of wood have to do with the case and quickly come up with the most amazing pronouncement regard it origin . pure holmes . in addition and sherlock holmes in washington benefit from have some above average support player ( george zucco and henry daniell ) and from have roy william neill in the director chair . altogether and it a good show and a nice installment in the series .