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The Sign of Four (1987)

TV Movie  -   -  Adventure | Crime | Drama  -  27 October 1988 (USA)
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The disappearance of a young woman's father and a mysterious note years later after the strange regular annual delivery of valuable pearls to her puts Sherlock Holmes on the case.

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Robin Hunter ...
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McMurdo
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Rosalie Williams ...
Derek Deadman ...
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Ronald Lacey ...
Thaddeus & Bartholomew Sholto
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Lal Chowder
Terence Skelton ...
Captain Morstan
Marjorie Sudell ...
Mrs Bernstone
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Gordon Gostelow ...
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A young lady, Miss Mary Morstan, contact Sherlock Holmes for his help regarding her father, captain Morstan, who disappeared 10 years ago. Since his disappearance she annually receives a valuable pearl by post from an unknown person. The mystery leads Holmes and doctor Watson into an intricate plot regarding a lost treasure belonging to four convicts on the Andaman Islands. Written by Mattias Thuresson

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When Holmes, Watson and the police sail out on the police launch to lay in wait for the Aurora they sail upstream and under the Westminster Bridge as indicated by Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in the background. Yet the Aurora was hidden at a ship yard near the Tower Bridge, and when the hunt begins the Tower of London is visible in the background. Both Tower Bridge and the Tower of London are located down the river from Westminster Bridge. See more »

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Dr. John Watson: Very pretty young woman crossing the street. And I think she may be coming here.
Sherlock Holmes: Incidentally, I have glanced over your latest account of my work.
Dr. John Watson: Oh, yes?
Sherlock Holmes: Honestly, I cannot congratulate you upon it. Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science. Observation, deduction, a cold unemotional subject. You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism which has much the same effect as if you'd worked a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid.
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The Best of All Sherlock Holmes Granada Feature Films
18 July 2011 | by (Baltimore, MD) – See all my reviews

Out of all feature films with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes this is by far the best. It has great elements in it such Imperialist India, Missing Treasure, Baker Street Irregulars and a Dog named Toby. The story is complex, colorful, and intricate and as it progresses in words of Watson "it grows darker than clearer" but solution to the case is clever and quite powerful. It is supposedly faithful to the original story and it beautifully crafted and made. Like many Granada Adaptations it creates a marvelous atmosphere. Edward Hardwicke is superb as Dr. Watson, and Ronald Lacey, Jenny Seagrove, and John Thaw provide fine support as well. The production values, music, and photography is excellent. The only complaint is that it slogs a little bit towards the end but it is only a minor complaint. This two hour adaptation of a classic Sherlock Holmes novella is one of Granada's all-time best.


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