not too bad entry in the series and heavily ladle with war propaganda and but rathbone and bruce sincerity keep me happy . it a rather fantastic story from start to finish and just how many mcguffin be there . holmes ( and moriarty independently ) reel out the dance men code uncoded so fast be amaze watson so why weren not you amaze . the post explain the bomb sight or enlarger tickle me and it be just the kind of cheap trick universal would play once again remind me that they do not expect people to be critically watch this over 60 year later . this ( and i think every other potboiler from universal at this period ) be mean to be view the once or twice and forget . they perhaps should have realise that basically people do not change and that what be entertain to ordinary people in 1942 would still entertain a select group now ( 2005 ) and tighten up on the script and set . lionel atwill be go through his hollywood rape court case at about this time and i wonder if it be that or particularly effective make up that make him look so haggard a moriarty . the important thing about sw though be that this be the first holmes film roy william neill direct and i think he direct all of the rest and produce all but one and thus establish a marvellous ambient continuity .