It Takes Two: Great Buddy-Cops in History

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES US 1939 BASIL RATHBONE as Sherlock Holmes NIGEL BRUCE as Dr Watson Date 1939, Photo by:
Mary Evans / Twentieth Century Fox / Ronald Grant / Everett

Elementary
Without Watson, Sherlock Holmes would merely be an arrogant loner with a smoking habit. But together they make sleuthing history and bring the detective-duo storyline into the 20th century.

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