The Sleeping Cardinal

IMDb link: 0022373
IMDb rating: 5.9 (528 votes)
Genres: Crime, Mystery
Director: Leslie S. Hiscott
Cast: Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Minnie Rayner, Leslie Perrins and others

Release date: 20 Jul 1931
Release year: 1931
Runtime: 72 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Keywords: shot in the hand, sherlock holmes character, dr. john watson character, professor moriarty character, three word title, criminal, shot in the head, painting, disguise, f rated

Plot:

Card cheat Ronald Adair hears a disembodied voice coming from a painting of a cardinal threatening him with exposure and disgrace unless he becomes part of a criminal conspiracy involving counterfeit money. Adair is reluctant and is later found shot in the head in a bank. Holmes rightly suspects that his arch-enemy Moriarty, the master of disguise, is behind the plot.

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