Hans Albers and Heinz Rühmann play two confidence tricksters. They manage to stop a night train for nefarious purposes, and impersonate Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Romantic involvement with two young British female travelers ensues, but the plot deepens into the disappearance of rare Mauritius postage stamps which they undertake to recover, in their role as Holmes and Watson..—Hazel Freeman <[email protected]>

Released under the original title of "Zwei Lustige Abenteurer" ("Two Gay Adventurers" in a USA review translation), with no mention of Sherlock Holmes in the title (even Nazi-Germany honored international copyright laws...for a while), and at no point do the two leads assert they are Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Nevertheless, two con-men, for their own less-than-honorable purposes, dress as Conan Doyle's characters and let the assumptions fall where they may. They stop a train and, after a series of misadventures, capture a gang of counterfeiters and recover a priceless stamp collection. However, they are arrested as impersonators of the two famous characters, and Conan Doyle attends their trial. Nothing can be proved against them other than they used similar costumes, and they are released to continue to romance the two British girls who assisted them.—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Two men resembling Holmes and Watson stop a train in the night to the staff's amazement and crooks flight. Reaching Brussels they're asked help to solve a robbery. An ingenious and exciting twist on Conan Doyle characters full of surprises.—BSK