Truth, Sherlock Holmes

When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

- Sherlock Holmes

AFI #065 Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

Sherlock Holmes: Elementary, my dear Watson.

- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)

The bolded line is ranked #65 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

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