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Gene Wilder (writer)
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Release Date:
14 December 1975 (USA) more
Plot:
The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress. full summary | add synopsis
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Gene Wilder's finest hour and a half more (48 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gene Wilder | ... | Sigerson Holmes |
 | Madeline Kahn | ... | Jenny Hill |
 | Marty Feldman | ... | Sgt. Orville Stanley Sacker |
 | Dom DeLuise | ... | Eduardo Gambetti (as Dom De Luise) |
| Leo McKern | ... | Moriarty |
| Roy Kinnear | ... | Moriarty's Assistant |
| John Le Mesurier | ... | Lord Redcliff |
| Douglas Wilmer | ... | Sherlock Holmes |
| Thorley Walters | ... | Dr. Watson |
| George Silver | ... | Bruner |
| Nicholas Smith | ... | Hunkston |
| John Hollis | ... | Moriarty's Gunman |
 | Aubrey Morris | ... | Coach Driver |
| Tommy Godfrey | ... | Fred |
| Susan Field | ... | Queen Victoria |
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Also Known As:
Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (USA) (promotional title)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (Australia)
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91 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Spain:T | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | USA:PG
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Cameo: [Albert Finney]At the start of the opera sequence, he has a sentence about the quality of the opera singers. more
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Continuity: The reflections of Orville and Sigerson in the mirror after they discover they have naked backsides don't match the actors' movements. more
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[first lines]
Royal Herald:
The Foreign Secretary, Lord Redcliff!
Lord Redcliff:
[rehearsing what to say under his breath] Your Majesty, being inside of your confidence is the greatest joy I've ever known. Ahem...
Queen Victoria:
[handing him the document] Lord Redcliff, the fate of England is now in your hands.
Lord Redcliff:
Your Confidence... being inside of Your Majesty is the greatest single joy I've ever known.
[realizing what he's said, he tosses the document away]
Lord Redcliff:
Woof!
Lord Redcliff:
It's alright, Your Majesty! I've got it! I've got it. All's well that ends well!
Queen Victoria:
Shit.
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Referenced in The Thin Blue Line (1988) more
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Simply Crazy more
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I thought this film was purely outrageous. Gene Wilder (Sigerson), Madeleine Kahn (Jenny Hill), and Marty Feldman (Orville Stanley Slacker... er, I mean Sacker) each give the performance of a lifetime. Not to mention Leo McKern (whom I recognized from "Ladyhawke" thanks to this movie), whose perfectly psychotic turn as Moriarty made me feel like I was going to explode from laughing. Still not to mention Dom DeLuise as Eduardo Gambetti, probably the only character in the history of entertainment who can rank right up there in hilarity with Inspector Jacques Clouseau (that would be the good Jacques Clouseau, Peter Sellers). Come on, people-- this movie was great!