George Zucco of Sherlock Holmes" (1939), opposite Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Zucco earned a reputation as a bespectacled, nefarious character in films such as "After the Thin Man", "Fast Company", "Arrest Bulldog Drummond", "Charlie Chan in Honolulu", "The Cat and the Canary", and "My Favorite Blonde". During the 1940s, he took every role he was offered, landing himself in B-films and Universal horror films, including "The Mummy's Hand" (1940), "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942), "The Mad Monster" (1942), "The Mad Ghoul" (1943), "Dead Men Walk" (1943), "The Mummy's Ghost" (1944), "House of Frankenstein" (1944), and "Tarzan
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (film) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (film) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson () is a 1980 Soviet film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about Sherlock Holmes. It is the second film (episodes 3-5) in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson" film series directed by Igor Maslennikov. The film is based on three stories by Conan Doyle – "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Final Problem", "The Adventure of the Empty House". After solving another case, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson return to London by train. Shortly afterwards, Holmes and Watson are