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Director:
Roy Ward Baker
Writers:
Anthony Hinds (story)
Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)
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Release Date:
23 December 1984 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Thriller | Mystery more
Plot:
Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There has been some mysterious murders... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
An excellent Holmes. more (10 total)

Cast

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Peter Cushing ... Sherlock Holmes

John Mills ... Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

Anne Baxter ... Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton

Ray Milland ... Home Secretary
Anton Diffring ... Graf Udo Von Felseck of Purbridge Manor
Gordon Jackson ... Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard
Marcus Gilbert ... Anton Von Felseck
Susan Penhaligon ... Miss Derwent
Jenny Laird ... Mrs. Hudson
Russell Hunter ... Alfred Coombs, Derelict in Whitechaple
James Cossins ... Frederick Bains, Shipping Magnate
Eric Dodson ... Lord Claremont
Georgina Coombs ... Lady Cynthia Claremont
James Head ... Von Felseck's Chauffeur
Dominic Murphy ... Boot Boy at Purbridge Manor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (USA)
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Runtime:
Norway:72 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:15
Company:
Tyburn Film Productions Limited more

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Ray Milland replaced John Gielgud. more

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An excellent Holmes., 18 July 1999
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Author: Stephen Stratford (stephen@studyroom.free-online.co.uk)

Peter Cushing gives an excellent performance as Sherlock Holmes in this original story. John Mills give a very good performance as Watson, portraying well a former soldier (which Watson was). The only problem I have with the film is Ray Milland's performance as a British Home Secretary. It just sounds like an American playing a British cabinet member with an American accent!

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