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The Sign of Four *** (1932, Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter, Isla Bevan, Graham Soutten, Miles Malleson, Herbert Lomas) – Classic Movie Review 4,479
The Sign of Four (1932) is the engaging third film in the 1931–1937 British crime series starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, on the case of a lady in peril, a one-legged escaped killer, two […]
The Sleeping Cardinal [Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour] **** (1931, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Norman McKinnel, Philip Hewland, Minnie Rayner, Leslie Perrins) – Classic Movie Review 4,478
The 1931 British mystery film The Sleeping Cardinal is the first in the 1931–37 crime series starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. A young London attaché is blackmailed by Professor Moriarty into transporting counterfeit money to Paris. Director Leslie […]
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes *** (1935, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, Roy Emerton, Leslie Perrins, Jane Carr, Charles Mortimer, Michael Shepley) – Classic Movie Review 4,477
Arthur Wontner stars for the fourth time as Sherlock Holmes, confronting evil nemesis Professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding) in the enjoyable 1935 British mystery film The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1915 novel The Valley of Fear. Director […]
The Speckled Band *** (1931, Raymond Massey, Athole Stewart, Stanley Ault, Lyn Harding, Angela Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 2626
A 1930s update – complete with typewriters and dictaphones – on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous snaky tale The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Putting his stamp on the role, Raymond Massey is splendidly aloof […]
The Crucifer of Blood *** (1991, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Susannah Harker, Simon Callow, John Castle, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 2584
All-American actor Charlton Heston (born plain John Carter) dons the British sleuth deerstalker and gets to play Sherlock Holmes for a surprisingly successful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outing. It is tensely and atmospherically directed by […]
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes **** (1970, Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Irene Handl, Clive Revill, Geneviève Page) – Classic Movie Review 2487
Billy Wilder is on great form in his revisionist 1970 British-made tale of the private life of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sleuth, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely are […]
Mr Holmes ***½ (2015, Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Frances de la Tour) – Movie Review
With a bit of Gandalf in there, and looking and sounding remarkably like Sir John Gielgud, Ian McKellen has a lot of fun slicing the ham as an aged, retired Sherlock Holmes. The great detective is […]