The Dying Detective | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Written by | William J. Elliott (scenario) |
Based on | "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" by Arthur Conan Doyle |
Produced by | Jeffrey Bernerd |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Germain Burger |
Release date | 1921 |
Running time | 2 reels;[1] 2274 feet[2] |
Country | UK |
Language | English |
The Dying Detective is a 1921 British short film directed by Maurice Elvey.[2] The film is the first in the Stoll Pictures' short film series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
The great detective Sherlock Holmes, near death after having contracted a rare and usually fatal Asiatic disease, is determined to solve one last murder case before he passes on.