Sherlock Holmes (1922 film)

Sherlock Holmes released as Moriarty in the UK is a 1922 American silent mystery drama film starring John Barrymore as Sherlock Holmes and Roland Young as Dr. John Watson.

Cambridge student Prince Alexis Reginald Denny is accused of stealing the athletic funds. Friend and fellow student Watson recommends he seek the assistance of classmate Sherlock Holmes. Meanwhile, while honing his observational skills out in the countryside, Holmes falls and is knocked unconscious. A young woman passerby, Alice Faulkner Carol Dempster, comes to his aid, much to his delight.Holmes accepts the case, and soon has a suspect, Forman Wells William H. Powell. Wells eventually confesses he took the money to try to get away from Moriarty Gustav von Seyffertitz Wells is actually the son of a crook being groomed by the criminal mastermind for some later scheme. Fascinated, Holmes meets Moriarty face to face, impudently asking to study him, but of course Moriarty refuses to cooperate. Holmes informs Watson he has found his mission in life to stop Moriarty. ........

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