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The Six Napoleons

Episode aired Aug 20, 1986
TV-PGTV-PG
52m

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8.0/10

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Inspector Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.Inspector Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.Inspector Lastrade reveals to Holmes that someone has been inexplicably breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small busts of Napoleon.

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8.0/10

837

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Director
- David Carson
Writers
- Arthur Conan Doyle(by)
- John Hawkesworth(developed for television by)
- John Kane(dramatised by)
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Jeremy Brett in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Eric Sykes in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Marina Sirtis in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Vincenzo Nicoli in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Emil Wolk in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Jeremy Brett and Colin Jeavons in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, and Colin Jeavons in The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986)

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- David Carson
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- Arthur Conan Doyle(by) (short story "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" from volume "The Return of Sherlock Holmes")
- John Hawkesworth(developed for television by)
- John Kane(dramatised by)
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Trivia
When Venucci is crying over his son's body, there are coins on the dead man's eyes. The tradition of placing pennies on the eyes of the corpse - to pay Charon the ferryman to carry the person's soul across the River Styx - dates back to Ancient Rome and Greece.

Goofs
After examining the shards of the fourth shattered Napoleon bust outside the empty house, Sherlock, Watson and Lestrade head out to the street where modern automobiles are visible in the background.

Quotes
[Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade are on a stakeout]
[Watson sneezes]
Sherlock Holmes: Watson, if you've caught a cold, it's your fault. You left the rugs behind.
Dr. Watson: Sorry, Holmes.

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Version of The Six Napoleons (1922)

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9/10

Stick around to the end to witness Jeremy Brett's brilliance.

This is a fine episode in which the oft dim-witted Lestrade gives us a rare glimpse of his and the police's admiration of and cooperation with the master sleuth. In response, Holmes demonstrates, in a momentary but wholly rewarding scene, how this unaffected, genuine praise deeply moves him.

It is an illustration of Mr. Brett's particular talent of how, within a few seconds of barely perceptible eye and facial transformations, he is able to convey the degree to which the respect of the police touches him as if he has longed for the acknowledgment. Just as briefly, Brett switches back to the colder, ruder Holmes. I replayed the scene over and over to fully capture an accomplished thespian showing us how it's done.

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