Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
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"Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon canonical | 18 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942 film) | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T803826 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Context triple: [Basil Rathbone, notableWork, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon]
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 action-mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie, serving as the sequel to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie and following the famed detective’s battle against his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.
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The Adventure of the German Student
"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.
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C.
Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
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Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Target entity description: "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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A.
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is a 2011 action-mystery film directed by Guy Ritchie, serving as the sequel to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes movie and following the famed detective’s battle against his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty.
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B.
The Adventure of the German Student
"The Adventure of the German Student" is a Gothic short story by Washington Irving about a young scholar in Revolutionary Paris who encounters a mysterious woman with a macabre secret.
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C.
Holmes
Holmes is a consumer brand best known for its home comfort products such as fans, heaters, and air purifiers.
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D.
Holmes
Holmes is a common English surname borne by numerous notable figures, including writers, jurists, and fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes.
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E.
Sherlock
Sherlock is a modern television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the brilliant but eccentric consulting detective in contemporary London.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes film
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film ⓘ mystery film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
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linked to:
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
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| basedOnAuthor | Arthur Conan Doyle ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Dr. Watson
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Professor Moriarty ⓘ
linked to:
Jim Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
linked to:
Holmes
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| cinematographyBy | Elwood Bredell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| director | Roy William Neill ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| editedBy | Otto Ludwig ⓘ |
| era | World War II–era ⓘ |
| genre |
crime film
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mystery film ⓘ spy film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frank Skinner ⓘ |
| notableFor |
loose adaptation of The Adventure of the Dancing Men
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updating Sherlock Holmes to a World War II setting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfFranchise |
Sherlock Holmes
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linked to:
Holmes
|
| plotKeyword |
Nazi spies
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espionage ⓘ secret weapon ⓘ |
| portrays |
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
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Lionel Atwill as Professor Moriarty ⓘ Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson ⓘ |
| producer | Howard Benedict ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDateUS | 1943-02-12 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| runningTimeMinutes | 68 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Edmund L. Hartmann
NERFINISHED
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Scott Darling ⓘ W. Scott Darling ⓘ
linked to:
Scott Darling
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| series |
Basil Rathbone–Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series
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linked to:
Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes film series
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| setting |
London
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linked to:
London, England
World War II ⓘ |
| stars |
Basil Rathbone
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Kaaren Verne ⓘ Lionel Atwill ⓘ Nigel Bruce ⓘ William Post Jr. ⓘ |
| title | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon ⓘ |
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Subject: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Description of subject: "Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon" is a 1943 mystery film in the long-running Sherlock Holmes series, starring Basil Rathbone as the famed detective in a World War II–era espionage story loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s "The Adventure of the Dancing Men."
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942 film score)
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