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''The Sleeping Cardinal'' (a.k.a. ''Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour''), is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming. the story is loosely based on the Literature/SherlockHolmes short stories "The Empty House" and "The Final Problem".
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''The Sleeping Cardinal'' (a.k.a. ''Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour''), is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming.Fleming (the actor, not the Franchise/JamesBond creator). the story is loosely based on the Literature/SherlockHolmes short stories "The Empty House" and "The Final Problem".
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''The Sleeping Cardinal'' was the first in a series of five Sherlock Holmes films starring Wontner. The other instalments consisted of:
* ''The Missing Rembrandt'' (1932, lost film)
* ''Film/TheSignOfFourSherlockHolmesGreatestCase'' (1932)
* ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935, adapted from ''Literature/TheValleyOfFear'')
* ''Silver Blaze'' (1937, released in the US as ''Film/MurderAtTheBaskervilles'')
* ''The Missing Rembrandt'' (1932, lost film)
* ''Film/TheSignOfFourSherlockHolmesGreatestCase'' (1932)
* ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935, adapted from ''Literature/TheValleyOfFear'')
* ''Silver Blaze'' (1937, released in the US as ''Film/MurderAtTheBaskervilles'')
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* FakeBrit: Australian Ian Fleming plays Dr. Watson.
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* FakeBrit: Australian Ian Fleming plays Dr. Watson.
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* NeverSuicide: Watson is certain that Roland Adair's is a case of suicide, but Holmes is able to prove it is murder.
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* NoOneSeesTheBoss: Holmes explains that none of Moriarty's underlings know what he looks like, meaning none of them can implicate him if they are caught. He is shown delivering his threats to Roland Adair from behind a portrait of "[[TitleDrop The Sleeping Cardinal]]" and giving orders to the forger Godfrey through a speaker in the ventilator.
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* TitleDrop: Roland Adair starts writing a confession that begins "The Sleeping Cardinal made me...", but is killed before he gets any further, leaving what appeals to a baffling suicide note.
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* CouldntFindALighter: Holmes uses tongs to lift a burning coal from the fireplace and uses it to light his pipe: an act borrowed from the short story "[[Literature/SherlockHolmes The Adventure of the Copper Beeches]]".
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* AdaptationNameChange: Holmes refers Moriarty as 'Professor Robert Moriarty'. In the original ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' canon his first name was James (same as his two brothers).
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* {{Blackmail}}: Moriarty uses his knowledge of Roland Adair's [[FixingTheGame cheating at cards]] to blackmail him into acting as courier to smuggle the stolen currency out of the country.
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* FixingTheGame: Roland Adair has been cheating in high-stakes bridge games. Moriarty uses this to {{blackmail}} Adair, and explains how he has been doing it to show that he knows everything and is not guessing. Adair is a skilled amateur conjurer, and can palm an entire deck of cards. He uses this skill to place a pre-loaded half deck on top every time he cuts the cards.
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* LeaveBehindAPistol: After Moriarty issues his ultimatum to Roland Adair, Adair asks what happens if he refuses to comply. Moriarty replies that his alternative is in the box on the table. When he opens the box, he finds a pistol inside.
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* BoundAndGagged: After Watson is snatched from Godfrey's cellar, Holmes and Lestrade find him gagged bound to chair under a rug in the house next door.
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* BlindfoldedTrip: Roland Adair is blindfolded when he is brought to Moriarty's headquarters to recieve his instructions.
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* BlindfoldedTrip: Roland Adair is blindfolded when he is brought to Moriarty's headquarters to recieve receive his instructions.instructions.
* CounterfeitCash: Moriarty's scheme involves breaking into banks, stealing large sums of cash, and leaving behind an identical amount of counterfeit cash.
* CounterfeitCash: Moriarty's scheme involves breaking into banks, stealing large sums of cash, and leaving behind an identical amount of counterfeit cash.
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Young foreign diplomat Ronald Adair becomes the blackmailed pawn of devious criminal Dr. Moriarty, who threatens to expose Ronald as a card cheat if he does not make a delivery of stolen banknotes to France.
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* BlindfoldedTrip: Roland Adair is blindfolded when he
* LockedRoomMystery: Roland Adair is found shot through the head in his locked study in what appears to be a
* MasterOfDisguise: Moriarty is given this ability in this adaptation: with Holmes saying he has a 100 aliases and 100 identities.
* ObfuscatingDisability: Col. Henslowe is missing his left arm as a result of
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''The Sleeping Cardinal'' (a.k.a. ''Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour''), is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming. the story is loosely based on the Literature/SherlockHolmes short stories "The Empty House" and "The Final Problem".
Young foreign diplomat Ronald Adair becomes the blackmailed pawn of devious criminal Dr. Moriarty, who threatens to expose Ronald as a card cheat if he does not make a delivery of stolen banknotes to France.
Young foreign diplomat Ronald Adair becomes the blackmailed pawn of devious criminal Dr. Moriarty, who threatens to expose Ronald as a card cheat if he does not make a delivery of stolen banknotes to France.
