Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes
Mar 25 1932
•1h 28m
•Comedy
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.
Cast
See allVlasta Burian
František Lelíček / Fernando XXIII
Martin Frič
Sherlock Holmes
Lída Baarová
The Queen / Her Doppelganger
Theodor Pištěk
Prime Minister Count Mendoza
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