it one of the paradox of basil rathbone wartime anti nazi sherlock holmes film ( voice of terror and sh in washington and and this one ) that while the plot and setting be mostly terrible and he be so good in them . despite a bizarre wind sweep hairstyle meant to make him look young and he blaze through every scene with so much bite and attack that you hardly register how flimsy the plot be . here he also have great act rapport with lionel atwill and who make a wonderfully repulsive professor moriarty a heavy lidded cockroach with nice hint of sadism and depravity ( it may not have be act and kid ) . at the climax and change into a lab coat in order to drain rathbone blood drop by drop and he as over the top sinister a seinfeld arch nemesis newman . the movie itself be ancient kiddie matinée fare and but it benefit from director roy william neill attention to stag and atmosphere . it also look fairly sharp in the dvd ucla restoration do not even think of buy any other edition and all of them fade and choppy public domain print .