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The Sign of Four *** (1932, Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter, Isla Bevan, Graham Soutten, Miles Malleson, Herbert Lomas) – Classic Movie Review 4479
Director Graham Cutts’s 1932 British mystery thriller again stars Arthur Wontner as a stirring Sherlock Holmes and Ian Hunter (replacing Ian Fleming) as a serviceable Dr Watson in a remake of a 1923 British silent […]
The Sleeping Cardinal [Sherlock Holmes’ Fatal Hour] *** (1931, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Norman McKinnel, Philip Hewland, Minnie Rayner, Leslie Perrins) – Classic Movie Review 4478
Director Leslie S Hiscott’s suspenseful 1931 British mystery thriller stars Arthur Wontner in the first of his five performances as Sherlock Holmes in a new screen story that finds the great detective on the trail of […]
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes *** (1935, Arthur Wontner, Ian Fleming, Lyn Harding, Roy Emerton, Leslie Perrins, Charles Mortimer, Michael Shepley) – Classic Movie Review 4477
Director Leslie S Hiscott’s 1935 entertaining British mystery thriller stars the excellent Arthur Wontner, who is back for his fourth of his five ideal performances as Sherlock Holmes in this tale which is a satisfying […]
The Speckled Band *** (1931, Raymond Massey, Athole Stewart, Stanley Ault, Lyn Harding, Angela Baddeley) – Classic Movie Review 2626
A 1930s update – complete with typewriters and dictaphones – on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous snaky tale The Adventure of the Speckled Band. Putting his stamp on the role, Raymond Massey is splendidly aloof […]
The Crucifer of Blood *** (1991, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Susannah Harker, Simon Callow, John Castle, Edward Fox) – Classic Movie Review 2584
All-American actor Charlton Heston (born plain John Carter) dons the British sleuth deerstalker and gets to play Sherlock Holmes for a surprisingly successful Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outing. It is tensely and atmospherically directed by […]
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes **** (1970, Robert Stephens, Christopher Lee, Colin Blakely, Irene Handl, Clive Revill, Geneviève Page) – Classic Movie Review 2487
Director Billy Wilder is on great form in his revisionist 1970 British-made tale of the private life of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle sleuth, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely […]
Mr Holmes ***½ (2015, Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Frances de la Tour) – Movie Review
With a bit of Gandalf in there, and looking and sounding remarkably like Sir John Gielgud, Ian McKellen has a lot of fun slicing the ham as an aged, retired Sherlock Holmes. The great detective is […]