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Overview

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Director:
Herbert Ross
Writers:
Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)
Nicholas Meyer (novel)
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Release Date:
2 June 1977 (Netherlands) more
Plot:
To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 nominations more
User Comments:
The Game is Afoot Quick Watson. more (29 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Alan Arkin ... Dr. Sigmund Freud

Vanessa Redgrave ... Lola Deveraux

Robert Duvall ... Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

Nicol Williamson ... Sherlock Holmes

Laurence Olivier ... Professor James Moriarty
Joel Grey ... Lowenstein

Samantha Eggar ... Mary Morstan Watson
Jeremy Kemp ... Baron von Leinsdorf
Charles Gray ... Mycroft Holmes
Régine ... Madame
Georgia Brown ... Mrs. Freud
Anna Quayle ... Freda
Jill Townsend ... Mrs. Holmes
John Bird ... Berger
Alison Leggatt ... Mrs. Hudson
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Additional Details

Runtime:
113 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | USA:PG | Argentina:Atp
Filming Locations:
Austria more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The title of the movie refers to the drug Sherlock Holmes is abusing. He injects himself with a solution of 7% cocaine and 93% saline solution. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Holmes, Watson and Freud are attacked by rampaging horses, the trainer can be seen running behind the horses in long shots. more
Quotes:
Sherlock Holmes: [stopping Watson abruptly] Mind the vanilla extract! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Designing 'Salon Kitty' (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Madame's Song more

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The Game is Afoot Quick Watson., 7 September 2008
Author: bluesman-20 from Canada

The Seven per cent solution was one of my favorite Childhood films. Nicol Williamson was to me Sherlock Holmes. He looked like Holmes and he sounded to me the way Holmes ought to sound. After Watching Basil Rathbone portray Holmes(Rathbone will always be Holmes) I saw several other Holmes but none did justice to the role like Williamson. The story is simple. Sherlock Holmes is addicted to cocaine a seven percent solution 7% Cocaine and 91% saline solution. This addiction renders Holmes mad and paranoid with certain secrets from his past coming to haunt him. Watson decides to take him to Vienna to find the one man who could Cure Holmes. Enter DR. Sigmund Freud wonderfully played by Alan Arkin HE MAKES THE MOVIE!! Holmes is sent to Vienna by remarkable Ruse concocted by Watson and Holmes older smarter brother Mycroft. Holmes meets Freud and is forced to confront his addiction and is forced to cure it. While in the middle of his cure Freud has a patient in his care disappear. Enter Holmes to find her and save her from a Criminal conspiracy the climax of the film is thrilling and exciting and it makes you wonder why Hollywood with it's new generation of filmmakers and writers and actors why can't they do this kind of film today? The Truth is they can't. This movie belongs to a era we will never see again a era in which Adventure didn't mean gore or action did not mean necessarily Blood and Guts and Shootings every five minutes. Nick Meyers Screenplay from his fantastic novel Is in my view perhaps the Greatest Sherlock Holmes ever told a masterpiece from beginning to end. And worthy of the title CLASSIC.

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