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16 May 1990 (USA) moreTagline:
Can Sherlock Holmes resist the ultimate challenge?Plot:
Professor Moriarty is loose in London with spies everywhere, and only Sherlock Holmes can figure out what he's up to and stop it. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Holmes meets Professor Moriarty again moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Edward Woodward | ... | Sherlock Holmes | |
| John Hillerman | ... | Dr. John Watson | |
| Anthony Andrews | ... | Prof. Moriarty | |
| Kim Thomson | ... | Sophy DeVere | |
| Peter Jeffrey | ... | Mycroft Holmes | |
| Warren Clarke | ... | Col. Gould | |
| Terence Lodge | ... | Insp. Lestrade | |
| Christopher Fairbank | ... | Stubb | |
| Harry Audley | ... | Richard Farrington | |
| David Sibley | ... | Finch | |
| John Tordoff | ... | Berton | |
| Michael Tezcan | ... | Kasim | |
| Daniel Newman | ... | Wiggins | |
| Faith Kent | ... | Mrs. Hudson | |
| David Neal | ... | Minister |
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Anachronisms: The opening hanging scene has a public hanging using the large American style knot, never ever used in Britain -- Prisoners were given a black cap, instead of a white but the last public hanging in Britain was in 1868, 32 years before the movie is set. moreSoundtrack:
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Good production with lots of good props and settings which looked like the 19th century, except for a couple of phony looking moustaches. In this story the evil James Moriarty endangers Holmes brother, who works for the British government, by trying to gain access to some classified documents so he could use them for his own profit. A good treatment by all the performers, especially the character Moriarty's actor. For the Professor to be so brilliant, he did a very stupid thing at the movie's end which I thought was a little out of character. 3 stars.