Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993) (TV)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Writers:

Kenneth Johnson (written by)
Arthur Conan Doyle (creator: Sherlock Holmes)

Release Date:

12 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery

Plot:

Sherlock Holmes (Anthony Higgins) is awakened in modern times with a tale that he had invented a method...

Plot Keywords:

Sherlock Holmes | Tiger | Cryogenics | Murder | Detective

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Anthony Higgins	...	Sherlock Holmes
Debrah Farentino	...	Amy Winslow
Mark Adair-Rios	...	Zapper (as Mark Adair Rios)
Joy Coghill
Julian Christopher
Ken Pogue	...	James Moriarty Booth
Eli Gabay	...	Lt. Ortega
Jerry Wasserman	...	Lt. Civita
Kerry Sandomirsky	...	Mrs. Ortega
Frabricio Santin	...	Pavon
Jorge Varas	...	Slick
Jason Diablo	...	Rancho
Gerry Therrien	...	Ronald Hunt
Catherine Lough Haggquist	...	Resuscitation Nurse (as Catherine Lough)
Peter Kelamis	...	Respiratory Therapist
Susan Lee Appling	...	Nurse #1 (as Susan Appling)
John Wardlow	...	Old Man Moriarty
Devon Sawa	...	Young Booth
Daniel Chambers	...	Mr. Hudson
Tish Heaven	...	Young Mrs. Hudson
Tom Heaton	...	Lefty
John B. Destry	...	Night Watchman (as John Blackwell Destrey)
Phil Hayes	...	Max (as Philip Hayes)
Norman Armour	...	Father Moriarty
Tom Cavanagh	...	Rookie Cop
Ken Camroux	...	Sergeant
Alvin Sanders	...	Cop #1
Scott Nicholson	...	D. A. Weis
Lee Sollenberger	...	Curly (as Lee Sollenberg)

Directed by
Kenneth Johnson

Writing credits
Kenneth Johnson		(written by)
Arthur Conan Doyle		(creator: Sherlock Holmes) (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Produced by
Susan Lee Appling	....	associate producer (as Susan Appling)
Ron French	....	associate producer
Daniel Grodnik	....	executive producer
Kenneth Johnson	....	executive producer
Jon Slan	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Di Pasquale

Cinematography by
Ken Orieux		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Strohmaier

Production Design by
Richard Hudolin

Art Direction by
Byron King		(as Lance King)

Costume Design by
Susan De Laval		(as Susan de Laval)

Makeup Department
Janet Sala	....	hair stylist
Sydney Silvert	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ron French	....	production manager
John Slosser	....	production manager: San Francisco Unit (as R. John Slosser)
Steve Wakefield	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Coleman	....	first assistant director
Derek Hurst	....	third assistant director
Toby Lovallo	....	first assistant director: San Francisco
Craig Matheson	....	second assistant director
Frank Orsatti	....	second unit director: San Francisco
Tom Zapata	....	second assistant director: San Francisco

Art Department
Gary Brooks	....	greensman
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master
Cynthia T. Lewis	....	set director (as Cynthia Lewis)
Rob Maier	....	construction coordinator
Louis Solyom	....	head painter (as Lou Solyom)

Sound Department
Craig Hunter	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Rawlinson	....	supervising sound editor
Larry Sutton	....	sound mixer
Nello Torri	....	sound re-recording mixer
David John West	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Jak Osmond	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Scott J. Ateah	....	stunt double: Holmes (as Scott Ateah)
Robin Lynn Bonaccorsi	....	stunt person: San Francisco Unit (as Robin Bonaccorsi)
Mike Martinez	....	stunt coordinator: San Francisco Unit
Gerry Therrien	....	tiger stunts
John Wardlow	....	stunt coordinator
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gerald Paetz	....	motorcycle stunts (uncredited)
Robin Webb	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Drew Davidson	....	gaffer
Mike Elwell	....	Steadicam operator: San Francisco Unit
Mike Elwell	....	photographer: second unit, San Francisco Unit
Phil Hersee	....	still photographer
Tim Hogan	....	key grip
Tenzin Lhalungpa	....	first assistant camera
Randal Platt	....	camera operator (as Randall Platt)
Lisa Robison	....	second assistant camera
Bradley B. Six	....	director of photography: San Francisco Unit (as Bradley Six)
Kosto Zeviar	....	genny operator
Vince Laxton	....	best boy electric (uncredited)

Casting Department
Stuart Aikins	....	casting: Canada
Susan Taylor Brouse	....	extras casting (as Sue Brouse)
Valorie Massalas	....	casting: Los Angeles

Editorial Department
Caroline Hardon	....	assistant editor
Scot Scalise	....	additional editor

Music Department
Terry Delsing	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Marty Grohn	....	transportation coordinator
Allan Morgan	....	transportation captain (as Al Morgan)

Other crew
Robert Brewster	....	location manager: San Francisco Unit (as Bob Brewster)
Bruce L. Brownstein	....	location manager (as Bruce Brownstein)
Jessica Clothier	....	script supervisor
Jean Conan Doyle	....	appearance of Sherlock Holmes in this production by arrangement with (as Dame Jean Conan Doyle)
Sue Cunningham	....	assistant: Mr. Slan
Kendall A. Elliott	....	assistant: Mr. Grodnik (as Kendall Elliott)
Brenda Griffin	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson
Juliet Johnson	....	assistant: Mr. Johnson
Betty Michalyshyn	....	publicist
Linda Sheehy-Brownstein	....	production coordinator
Gerry Therrien	....	animal trainer
Paula Frankel	....	script supervisor: San Francisco Unit (uncredited)
Lee Sollenberger	....	animal handler: tigers (uncredited)
Ryf Van Rij	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Kenneth Johnson Productions
• Paragon Entertainment

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1993) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Octapixx International (1993) (Canada) (all media)

Other Companies

• Encore Video  electronic post-production provided by (as Encore Video, Inc.)
• Special Projects International  publicity (as Special Projects International Inc.)
• West Productions  post-production sound (as West Productions, Inc.)

Also Known As:

1994 Baker Street: Sherlock Holmes Returns (USA)

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

North Shore Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Kenneth Johnson Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When explaining to Doctor Winslow that his famous fictional exploits were based on fact, Sherlock Holmes tells her that his cases were "...rendered into over-dramatic narrative by an Irishman, named Conan Doyle." Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was in fact Scottish.

Quotes:

Sherlock Holmes: Elementary, my dear... Winslow.

Was Moriarity behind this one?

This one's near the bottom of the barrel of Holmes pastiches, with Anthony Higgins wildly miscast as Holmes and a routine TV movie plot. Not worth the time it takes to watch it and lacking the comic awfulness of (say) the infamous Stewart Granger "Hound of the Baskervilles" with it's cardboard sets and William Shatner's over-acting as the villain.