 The film marked the first pairing of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but it was Greene who was top billed.Greene had a support part in "Stanley and Livingstone" (1939) with Spencer Tracy and the lead in "Here I Am a Stranger" (1939).He co-starred with Alice Faye and Fred MacMurray in "Little Old New York" (1940) and supported Vera Zorina in "I Was an Adventuress" (1940).