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Review - Pursuit to Algiers Released 10-26-45 Out of the fourteen movies with Rathbone and Bruce, this was the weakest in plot adapted from Doyle, and it was not supported by any of the characters, nor actors, of those roles. The story had to be carried by our two principals, namely Bruce. The team worked well despite the poor script, but the bad guys were not convincing, or not as talented to pull off the story. The red herrings were so obvious and lame, they caused the story to rely exclusively with Holmes and Watson. A deception used often by Holmes is to hide the sought object in plain sight; here the object was the Prince disguised as a ship steward. A Prince educated in England requires safe passage to his country, by way of Algiers, and Holmes takes the case with the help of Watson and the Prince. The bad guys are foiled by Holmes at every turn while on shipboard cruising to Algiers. The knife throwing expertise of Mirko, a character Holmes knew from elsewhere; a bomb hidden as a dining-table party item; the guise of the likely Prince poised as Watson's relative, kidnapped, but recovered, as the crooks were arrested after leaving the ship. Entertaining movie with Holmes, Watson furnishing all the action, as it is, for the others missed the boat.

The reason this is the greatest mystery series of the 1940s is that all the twelve Universal films are a pleasure to watch. No other 1940s series has such a rich amount of clever and humorous characterization as we get with the Sherlock Holmes of Basil Rathbone and the Dr. Watson of Nigel Bruce. In this film, we get the special fun of a mystery aboard an ocean liner. Pay attention to the dialogue--it is particularly smart and witty, with many good lines. I would rank "Scarlet Claw" as the best Universal Holmes film, and "Pearl of Death" a strong second. I would put "Algiers" among the next four. Lots of fun.

An unusual 'job' is being offered (or rather commanded) to Holmes this time: he's supposed to guard the heir, whose father has just been assassinated, of the throne to an obscure little kingdom safely to Algiers, from where he'll be taken home.So an ADVENTUROUS ship's passage lies ahead of Holmes, Watson, and the young monarch; the atmosphere is quite dense (even the fog on deck is thicker than in the streets of London...), the plot is suspenseful and has got its pretty surprising moments; and a special feature for friends of Scottish nostalgia and our good Doctor Watson: here Nigel Bruce gets the opportunity to sing (undubbed!) the old Scottish tune "Loch Lomond"! One of the lighter entries in the Rathbone/Bruce series, good, solid, classic crime entertainment.

Roy William Neil directed Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes & Doctor Watson in this original tale, not adapted from a previous story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are called upon to help an heir to a European throne. He is traveling by ocean liner, and his life is being threatened by mysterious assassins, whom Holmes & Watson do their best to thwart, and to uncover their identities, and preserve the rightful royal succession. Dull entry may be the weakest in this series. Not bad by any means, and the cast still tries, but utterly uninspired and plodding, despite the short length.