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The Sleeping Cardinal is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming. The film is an adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, though it is not based on any one particular story it draws inspiration from "The Empty House" and "The Final Problem". It is unrelated to the Basil Rathbone series of Holmes films which also began in the 1930s.
The film is also known as Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour in the United States.
Original Release
02/15/1931
US Release
02/15/1931
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Arthur Wontner | Sherlock Holmes |
| Ian Fleming | Dr. John Watson |
| Minnie Rayner | Mrs. Hudson |
| Leslie Perrins | Ronald Adair |
| Jane Welsh | Kathleen Adair |
| Norman McKinnel | Prof. Robert Moriarty, alias Col. Henslowe / Prof. Robert Moriarty - alias Col. Henslowe |
| William Fazan | Thomas Fisher |
| Sydney King | Tony Rutherford |
| Philip Hewland | Inspector Lestrade |
| Gordon Begg | Marston, the butler / Marston - the Butler |
Directors
Writers
Leslie S. Hiscott, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Fowler Mear, Anthony F. Ingram
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Arthur Wontner | Sherlock Holmes |
| Ian Fleming | Dr. John Watson |
| Minnie Rayner | Mrs. Hudson |
| Leslie Perrins | Ronald Adair |
| Jane Welsh | Kathleen Adair |
| Norman McKinnel | Prof. Robert Moriarty, alias Col. Henslowe / Prof. Robert Moriarty - alias Col. Henslowe |
| William Fazan | Thomas Fisher |
| Sydney King | Tony Rutherford |
| Philip Hewland | Inspector Lestrade |
| Gordon Begg | Marston, the butler / Marston - the Butler |
| Louis Goodrich | Colonel Sebastian Moran / Col. Sebastian Moran |
| Harry Terry | No. 16 |
| Charles Paton | J.J. Godfrey |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Julius Hagen | Producer |
