The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Crime / Mystery
UK,
1991, 52 min
Directed by:
John MaddenScreenplay:
T.R. BowenCinematography:
Ken MorganComposer:
Patrick GowersCast:
Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Cheryl Campbell, Julian Curry, Mary Cunningham, Jack Klaff, Michael Jayston, Anthony Benson, Rosalie WilliamsPlots(1)
Dr Watson, on holiday in the Lake District, alerts Holmes to a mysterious guest, Lady Frances Carfax who is caught between an old family quarrel with her brother and a sinister horseman who seems to haunt her life. Holmes senses danger but before he can reach her she disappears. (iTunes)
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These urgent cases, where everything is at stake and Holmes has to solve things not so much on the go as on the fly, are my favourite. The funeral scene is one that even Hitchcock would be ashamed of. ()