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Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Comedy
Release Date: 1932, March 25
Directors: Karel Lamač
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Elektafilm
Cast: Jan Richter, Lída Baarová, Robert Ford, Zvonimir Rogoz, Alois Dvorský, Eman Fiala, Vlasta Burian, Theodor Pištěk, Jan W. Speerger, Josef Oliak, F. X. Mlejnek, Čeněk Šlégl

Overview:

The Portorican prime minister asks British detective Sherlock Holmes to find a twin for King Fernando XXIII, a weak and frightened man who fears anarchists and does not want to show himself in public. Holmes finds in the Czech newspapers a photo of the perfect double, František Lelíček, a daring bon vivant drowned in debt, so when Holmes offers him money, Lelíček decides to travel to Portorico and play the role.

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