rodrig58
The first movie I see with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Very different in all respects from the other screenings. Many actors played Holmes, the most notable being Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Robert Downey, Jr., Basil Rathbone, Michael Caine, Roger Moore, Christopher Plummer, Ian Richardson, John Cleese, Peter O'Toole, Nicol Williamson, Stewart Granger, John Barrymore. Each with its unique personality. Jeremy Brett is very special. Very good Edward Hardwicke as Dr.Watson. Also very good Robert Hardy as the villain.
ryans-88888
I've not ticked "contains spoiler" because I am working on the premise that a premature revelation that this episode (unlike all the others), is singularly bo**ocks, will be appreciated as it will save you from wasting 90 minutes of your life on it. Having conducted no small study of all the episodes, I can confirm with utmost confidence that this is the worst I have had the misfortune to encounter. The first half is disjointed, there is no deduction, everyone is out of sorts (perhaps Mrs Hudson slipped something in to the afternoon tea). There are only two key events, and rest is virtually irrelevant. For a while I was speechless with disappointment.
dan.adams
At the end of this episode Holmes asks Watson not to record the case for posterity.For a good reason! The super sleuth left his little grey cells(sorry Agatha)at home for this tale. There is no deductive reasoning,no acute analysis of signs at crime scenes. Holmes bumbles along fifty yards behind the plot. The dastardly CAM is finally dealt to by an old frail-in a manner that would have made Charles Bronson's heart swell with pride-six bullets in the breadbasket.In an ensuing chase a pursuer gets hold of one of Watson's shoes.Mercifully the writer didn't decide to tack on the story of Cinderella to lengthen the film.The murderess,Holmes and Watson,escape scot free. Oh well,it is a bit of a change of pace in late Victorian London.A bit of sixgun law:-)
william rogers (sonarman65)
After seeing Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes, no actor should ever display such conceit as to imagine that he could ever come close to Mr. Brett's portrayal of "one of the most interesting characters in literature". Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes and in my opinion there can be no other. The great actor Basil Rathbone is,I must admit, a close second but, is still second. One might make the argument that Mr. Rathbone's screenplays were inferior to the absolutely top notch productions afforded Mr. Brett and to this I would agree. However when all is said and done Jeremy Brett will always and forever be the only actor to truly "become" Sherlock Holmes. The book should be closed on this subject and we,the public,left to enjoy Mr.Brett's unique performances.Bill Rogers (sonarman65@yahoo.com)
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