The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film) in which Holmes is played by Robert Downey, Jr.. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 mystery-adventure film released by Twentieth Century Fox. It is a pastiche featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film is an adaptation of the 1899 play "Sherlock Holmes" by William Gillette, though there is little resemblance in the plots. The picture is the second installment to the series of fourteen "Sherlock Holmes" film series released between 1939 and
Sherlock Holmes (1931 film series) Charles Augustus Milverton", the film altered the story converting a blackmailer to an art dealer. "The Missing Rembrandt" is now considered a lost film. With the second film another success, Associated Radio Pictures lured Wontner to their studio to make "The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case" which was produced and released later the same year. For this film, Fleming was replaced by younger actor Ian Hunter to better facilitate the storyline of Watson's wooing of Mary Morstan. In 1935, Wontner returned to the role for "The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes". For this film, Wontner jettisoned the toupée and