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Sherlock Holmes i Bondefangerklør
(Sherlock Holmes in the Claws of the Confidence Men)
Also known as The Confidence Trick in the United Kingdom : [Den Stjaalne Tegnebog] (The Stolen Wallet), [A Confidence Trick], and possibly also as [Sherlock Holmes Captured]
(1910) Denmark
B&W : One reel / 872 feet
Directed by [?] Forrest Holger-Madsen?

Cast: Otto Lagoni [Sherlock Holmes], [?] Alwin Neuss [Doctor Watson]?, Axel Boelsen, [?] Ellen Kornbech or Ellen Kornbeck?, Victor Fabian, Rigmor Jerichau, Ella La Cour, Ingeborg Rasmussen

Nordisk Films Kompagni production; distributed by Nordisk Films Kompagni. / Produced by Ole Olsen. Cinematography by Axel Sørensen (Axel Graatkjær). / Released 10 December 1910. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released as The Confidence Trick in the United Kingdom on 10 December 1910.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Characters: Sherlock Holmes - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives

Listing updated: 25 August 2023.

References: Everson-Detective p. 5; Pohle-Holmes pp. 36-37 : ClasIm-224 p. 35 : Website-IMDb.