The Crooked Man
- Episódio foi ao ar 22 de mai. de 1984
- TV-PG
- 54 min
Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaCol. Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.Col. Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.Col. Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.
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- CuriosidadesWhen Henry Wood is describing how he was captured, he says that he was trying to deliver a message to General Neill's column. He is referring to General James George Smith Neill, 1810-1857.
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Dr. John Watson: Holmes, there's just one thing I don't understand. If the Colonel's name was James and Wood was called either Henry or Harry, them who the deuce was David?
Sherlock Holmes: Ah, my dear Watson, that name 'David' should have told me the whole story had I been the ideal reasoner which you are so fond of depicting, but, alas, my powers of deduction failed me. You see, 'David' in this case was evidently used as a term of reproach.
Dr. John Watson: Reproach?
Sherlock Holmes: Don't you remember how King David sent Uriah the Hittite into the forefront of the battle to die so that he might steal his woman Bathsheba? I think you will find the story in the first or second Book of Samuel. My Old Testament is a little rusty.
Dr. John Watson: You're quite right, Holmes. Second Book of Samuel, Chapter 11, verses 14-17. You appear to have looked it up yourself since we returned home from Aldershot.
Sherlock Holmes: How did you know?
Dr. John Watson: You used this bill from our meal at Waterloo as a bookmarker, did you not?
Sherlock Holmes: Excellent, Watson.
Dr. John Watson: Elementary, my dear Holmes.
[leaves the room]
Dr. John Watson: Good night, old fellow.
- Cenas durante ou pós-créditosThere are Paget's illustrations from the story during credits.
- ConexõesVersion of The Crooked Man (1923)
The Crooked Man begins when Holmes and Watson are summoned by the acting commander of a regiment that had been posted to India. It's the proverbial locked door mystery. The regiment's late colonel is lying dead with a look of horror on his face and his wife in a dead faint. She hasn't awakened from her swoon, but it is certain she will be charged with her husband's murder as there was a large cut on the back of his neck, the blunt instrument trauma. The new commander hopes that scandal to the regiment's name can be averted.
The fixed place in British history this story starts with is during the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. This is when the native Indian soldiers rose against the British occupiers and it was put down, but bloodily. Our victim was a hero during that uprising, he was a man in the ranks and got a commission and eventually became the commanding officer. He also married the regimental sergeant major's daughter.
Holmes of course solves the mystery and I won't reveal, but let's say that our colonel was not what he seemed and another man suffered dreadfully for his ambition. Jeremy Brett and David Burke are the usual intrepid duo of Holmes and Watson and Norman Jones is unforgettable in the title role. And remember the title.
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- 24 de out. de 2009