With this last film we bid adieu to the famous duo of Rathbone and Bruce. Different actors would continue the legacy on television, but never again would we see a series of Holmes films on the big screen.

Once again Holmes finds himself pitted against a female adversary, played by Patrica Morrison, and she proves herself a formidable opponent, using his own tricks against him. Watson, who falls for this trap, taken from Doyle's A Scandal in Bohemia, mentions the fact that he has just published the story in the Strand Magazine. He continues his bungling and lovable self with an impersonation of a duck!

After so much press as to how un-canonical Nigel's portrayal of Watson was it would yet become the theatrical mold for many future Watsons, as would Rathbone's Holmes. It is obvious, through the tests of time, that despite any controversy to the original Doyle canon, Rathbone and Bruce shall forever be considered the "definitive" Holmes and Watson!