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The plot is an original story not based on any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, though it bears some similarity to "The Bruce-Partington Plans." Oscar Homolka was originally cast as Holmes's elder brother Mycroft, but for family reasons he refused and Mycroft's character was replaced by "Mr. Ahrens" played by Holmes Herbert.
The film is based on four stories by Conan Doyle - "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", "The Adventure of the Second Stain", "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", "His Last Bow".