The Blue Carbuncle (23 Dec. 1968)

After Holmes turns down the imperious Lady Morcar's demand that he help her locate a stolen priceless blue carbuncle, the gem turns up in a Christmas goose.

Director:

Bill Bain

Writers:

Arthur Conan Doyle (story), Stanley Miller (dramatisation)

Stars:

Peter Cushing, Nigel Stock, Madge Ryan

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Peter Cushing	...	Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Stock	...	Dr. Watson
Madge Ryan	...	Lady Morcar
James Beck	...	James Ryder
Richard Butler	...	Harold Baker
Michael Robbins	...	Albert Breckinridge
Frank Middlemass	...	Peterson
Ernest Hare	...	Windigate
Neil Fitzpatrick	...	John Horner
Clyde Pollitt	...	Police Sergeant
Grace Arnold	...	Mrs. Hudson
Edna Doré	...	Mrs. Oakshott (as Edna Dore)
Diana Chappell	...	Catherine Cusack

Storyline

A blue carbuncle, a valuable jewel, is stolen from Lady Morcar, and an innocent workman charged and remanded in the run-up to Christmas. Holmes gets a visitor, a gentleman who belongs to a Christmas Club putting money by to purchase a goose for his Christmas dinner. Someone has tried to steal his goose. Another member of the club finds the carbuncle in the goose he has bought. Who put it there? Holmes must find out if one family is to avoid a miserable Yuletide.

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Plot Keywords:

goose | pub | aristocrat | mercy | hat | 

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Genres:

Horror | Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 December 1968 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

49 min 49 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Frank Middlemass played Baker in the 1984 adaptation of the story in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" series.

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Quotes

Sherlock Holmes: I am compounding a felony now, but I'm saving a soul.

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Connections

Version of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle (1984)

User Reviews

Last episode for Cushing's Holmes

The Christmas broadcast(Dec. 23,1968) of "The Blue Carbuncle" brought this season of Holmes adventures to a close,with the detective trying to recover the title object,a lost or stolen gem belonging to Lady Morcar(Madge Ryan).The holiday festivities do feature in the story,and provide the motivation for the rather surprising denouement.As always,Peter Cushing is a delight;his performances showed no signs of the hurried schedule rejected by previous Holmes Douglas Wilmer.Alas,he would go on to play the role only once more in the 1984 telefilm "The Masks of Death," opposite Sir John Mills(his co-star in 1954's "The End of the Affair")as a warm and serious Watson.