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 | "The Sherlock Holmes File: The Many Personae of Sherlock Holmes On Stage, In Film, and In Advertising" [1976] by Michael Pointer Random House / Clarkson N. Potter hardcover [1/99] out of print/used David & Charles, PLC hardcover [9/76] out of print/used |
 | "Holmes At The Movies: The Screen Career of Sherlock Holmes" [1977] by David Stuart Davies Bramhall House hardcover [1978] out of print/many used New English Library hardcover [2/77] out of print/used |
 | "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle At The Cinema: A Critical Study of The Film Adaptations" [1996] by Scott Allen Nollen, Foreword by Nicholas Meyer McFarland & Co. pb [12/2004] for $35.00 McFarland & Co. 9½x6 library hardcover [12/96] for $48.50 |
 | "Sherlock Holmes On Screen: The Complete Film & TV History" [2001] by Alan Barnes Reynolds & Hearn 9x7 pb [4/2007] for $22.76 Reynolds & Hearn 9¼x7 hardcover [3/2004] out of print/used |
 | "Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of The Master Detective On Screen" [2003] by David Stuart Davies, Foreword by Ian Richardson Titan Books 11½x9¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $26.60 |
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"England's Secret Weapon: The Wartime Films of Sherlock Holmes" [2009] by Amanda J. Field Middlesex Univ Press 8½x5¼ pb [5/2009] for $14.40 |
Video & DVD Collections
 | "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: 10 Movies on 3 DVDs" box set [2005]
St. Clair Ent. DVD set [3/2005] 3 disks - out of prodn/used includes 10 Sherlock Holmes feature films: "A Study In Scarlet" [1933]; "Dressed To Kill" [1946]; "Murder At The Baskervilles" [1937]; "Sherlock Holmes and The Deadly Necklace" [1962] starring Christopher Lee; "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" [1943]; "The Sign of Four" [1932]; "The Speckled Band" [1931] starring Raymond Massey; "Terror By Night" [1946]; "The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes" [1935] starring Arthur Wontner & Ian Fleming; and "The Woman In Green" [1945] — plus bonus documentaries "About Sherlock Holmes" & "Arthur Conan Doyle Bio", and a 1939 ½-hour radio episode |
 | "Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series" on DVD [2005]
Mill Creek Ent. b&w DVD [9/2005] all 39 episodes on 5 disks for $4.99 series credits from IMDb 39 half-hour episodes of the British tv series of 1954-55 also known as "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes"; starring Ronald Howard {as Holmes} and Howard Marion Crawford {as Watson}, featured actors include Dawn Addams, Charles Brodie, Richard Larke, Alvys Maben & Delphine Seyrig Madacy b&w VHS [9/97] 20 episodes on 10 tapes - out of prodn/used |
 | "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection" on DVD [2006] & on Blu-ray [2011]
M.P.I. Home Video Blu-ray box set [3/2011] 5 disks for $96.99 M.P.I. Home Video DVD box set [6/2006] 5 disks for $75.99 includes 14 b&w feature films starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce: "The Hound of The Basker- villes" [1939] co-starring Richard Greene & Wendy Barrie; "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [1939]; "Sherlock Holmes and The Voice of Terror" [1942]; "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" [1943] co-starring Lionel Atwill & Dennis Hoey; "Sherlock Holmes In Washington" [1943]; "Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" [1943] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The Spider Woman" [1944] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The Scarlet Claw" [1944]; "The Pearl of Death" [1944] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The House of Fear" [1945] co-starring Dennis Hoey; "The Woman In Green" [1945]; "Pursuit To Algiers" [1945]; "Terror By Night" [1946] co-starring Dennis Hoey & Alan Mowbray; and "Dressed To Kill" [1946] |
 | "Sherlock Holmes Definitive Collection: Mystery, Scandal & Crime" DVD set [2007]
St. Clair Vision b&w/color DVD [6/2007] 6 disks - out of prodn/used includes the same 10 feature films as the St. Clair 2005 pack (blue, below} plus 27 tv episodes; bonuses include the same 2 doumentaries "About Sherlock Holmes" & "Arthur Conan Doyle Bio", Sherlock Holmes poster gallery, four Sherlock Holmes trailers, and two ½-hour radio episodes. Recommendation: Since the tv episodes are incomplete on this set, purchase instead St. Clair's 10-movie pack - new/used and Mill Creek's 39-episode set of the tv series for $4.99 |
"Sherlock Holmes: The Archive Collection" DVD Box Sets
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Each set is rather a mix of classic & obscure Holmesian films
Volume 1: Synergy Ent. DVD-R [10/2009] 3 disks for $19.99 contains two silent short films and ten sound features, shorts & cartoons: "The Copper Beeches" [France 1912 silent] with Georges Treville as Holmes; "The Man With The Twisted Lip" [1921 silent] with Eille Norwood as Holmes; "The Limejuice Mystery" British one-reel comedy [1930]; "The Sleeping Cardinal (Sherlock Holmes's Fatal Hour)" [1931] with Arthur Wontner; "The Strange Case of Hennessy" [1933 comedy short]; "Lost in Limehouse" two-reel burlesque [1933]; "The Case of The Screaming Bishop" cartoon short [Columbia 1944]; "The Adventure of The Speckled Band" [1949] with Alan Napier as Holmes; "The Man Who Disappeared" [1951] British TV episode with John Longden as Holmes; "A Case of Hypnosis" comedy short [1952 comedy short] starring chimps Prof. Lightskull & Doc Twiddle; "The Sting of Death" [1955] TV episode of "The Elgin Hour" starring Boris Karloff; and a non-Holmes bonus "The General's Boots" [1954] TV episode of "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" with Basil Rathbone Volume 2: Synergy Ent. DVD-R [11/2010] 3 disks for $19.99 contains 7 silent films and one sound feature film, other surprises: "Sherlock Holmes Baffled" [1903 silent clip]; "The Mystery of The Leaping Fish" [1916 silent] starring Douglas Fairbanks; "The Dying Detective" [1921 silent] with Eille Norwood as Holmes; "The Devil's Foot" [1921 silent] with Eille Norwood; "The Mysterious Mystery" [1924 silent] with the 'Our Gang' kids; "Mutt & Jeff: Slick Sleuths" cartoon [1926 silent]; "Felix the Cat in Sure-Locked Homes" cartoon [1928 silent]; original screen test of Nigel Bruce (1934); 1939 "Sherlock Holmes" radio show with Rathbone & Bruce; rare Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce photos, 1939-46; 1940s Sherlock Holmes theatrical trailers; "Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" [1942] with Rathbone & Bruce, and redundant version "Sherlock Holmes y La Mira Secreta"; "Inside India" comedy short [1951] starring chimps Prof. Lightskull & Doc Twiddle; "Sherlock Holmes' First Cases" [1954] three TV episodes with Ronald Howard as Holmes; "The Singular Case of the Plural Green Mustache" animated short [1965] by Charles & Ray Eames; and "The Mystery of The Willing Victims" cartoon [1981] "Sherlock Holmes: The Archive Collection, Volumes 1 & 2" Synergy Ent. DVD-R [10/2011] 6 disks for $39.99 |
Granada TV Series with Jeremy Brett
The general consensus is that Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in these 41 episodes over
11 years is perhaps the best filmed version of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective, and David Burke
was perfect casting as Dr. Watson (replaced later in the run by equally-talented Edward Hardwicke)
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"Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes:
The Complete Granada Television Series"
[Granada/I.T.V. 1984-94]
 | All 41 episodes from 1984 to 1994 on 12 disks; contains "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [13 episodes, 1984-85], "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" [11 episodes, 1986-88], "The Sign of Four" feature-length TV movie [Nov 1987], "The Hound of The Baskervilles" feature-length TV movie [Aug 1988], "The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" [9 episodes, 1991-1993], and "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" [6 episodes, 1994]
M.P.I. Home Ent. color DVD set [9/2007] 12 disks for $134.99 — versus the sum of $208 if purchased separately (six sets on 18 disks) series entry at Wikipedia |
Jeremy Brett [1933-95]: IMDb listing • Wikipedia
David Burke: IMDb listing • Wikipedia
Edward Hardwicke [1932-2011]: IMDb listing • Wikipedia
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1984-1985]
 | this Boxed Set Collection contains all 13 episodes: "A Scandal In Bohemia" [April 1984], "The Dancing Men" [May 1984], "The Naval Treaty" [May 1984], "The Solitary Cyclist" [May 1984], "The Crooked Man" [May 1984], "The Speckled Band" [May 1984], "The Blue Carbuncle" [June 1984], "The Copper Beeches" [Aug 1985], "The Greek Interpreter" [Sept 1985], "The Norwood Builder" [Sept 1985], "The Resident Patient" [Sept 1985], "The Red-Headed League" [Sept 1985], and
"The Final Problem" [Sept 1985]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [5/2002] 5 disks for $49.99 full credits at IMDb • entry at Wikipedia |
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"The Return of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1986-1988]
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this Boxed Set Collection contains all 11 episodes: "The Empty House" [July 1986], "The Abbey Grange" [July 1986], "The Musgrave Ritual" [July 1986], "The Second Stain" [July 1986], "The Man With The Twisted Lip" [Aug 1986], "The Priory School" [Aug 1986], "The Six Napoleons" [Aug 1986], "The Devil's Foot" [April 1988], "Silver Blaze" [April 1988], "Wisteria Lodge" [April 1988], and "The Bruce-Partington Plans" [April 1988]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [8/2003] 5 disks for $59.98 full credits at IMDb • entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Sign of Four" feature-length TV movie [Granada/I.T.V. Nov 1987] Directed by Peter Hammond; starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke & John Thaw, with Robin Hunter, Alf Joint, Kiran Shah, Jenny Seagrove & Rosalie Williams M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [2/2003] for $14.98 full credits at IMDb • book entry at Wikipedia "The Hound of The Baskervilles" TV movie [Granada/I.T.V. Aug 1988] Directed by Brian Mills; starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, with Alastair Duncan, Raymond Adamson, Kristoffer Tabori, Ronald Pickup, James Faulkner & Rosemary McHale M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [2/2003] for $13.49 full credits at IMDb • book entry at Wikipedia |
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"The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1991-1993]
 | this Boxed Set Collection contains all 9 episodes: "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" [Feb 1991], "Thor Bridge" [Feb 1991], "Shoscombe Old Place" [March 1991], "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [March 1991], "The Illustrious Client" [March 1991], "The Creeping Man" [March 1991], "The Master Blackmailer" feature-length episode [Jan 1992], "The Last Vampyre" feature-length episode [Jan 1993], and "The Eligible Bachelor" feature-length episode [Feb 1993]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [9/2004] 3 disks for $34.49 full credits at IMDb • book entry at Wikipedia |
"The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" [Granada/I.T.V. 1994]
 | this Boxed Set Collection contains all 6 episodes: "The Three Gables" [March 1994], "The Dying Detective" [March 1994], "The Golden Pince-Nez" [March 1994] co-starring Charles Gray, "The Red Circle" [March 1994], "The Mazarin Stone" [April 1994] starring Charles Gray {as Mycroft Holmes}, and "The Cardboard Box" [April 1994]
M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [10/2004] 3 disks for $31.99 full credits at IMDb • book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Sherlock Holmes TV Soundtrack" [2000] music by Patrick Gowers from the Granada TV productions of "The Sign of Four", "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", and "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" Jay Records soundtrack CD [1/2000] 19 tracks for $18.31 |
 | "Bending The Willow: Jeremy Brett As Sherlock Holmes" [2002] by David Stuart Davies Calabash Press 9x5¾ pb [7/2002] out of print/scarce |
 | "Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection" [2003] starring Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke M.P.I. Home Video color DVD set [3/2003] 5 disks for $40.99 includes "The Sign of Four" [1987], "The Hound of The Baskervilles" [1988], "The Master Blackmailer" [1991], "The Last Vampyre" [1993]", and The Eligible Bachelor" [1993] |
Selected Silent Short & Feature Films
{ in chronological order }
credits for the character Sherlock Holmes at Internet Movie Database
German-language 'Sherlock Holmes Filme' fansite
Listings of adaptations of Sherlock Holmes at Wikipedia: film • TV • radio
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"Sherlock Holmes Baffled" [American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. 1900]
The first known film featuring Holmes; 30-second film for Biograph machines, re-released in 1903
for theaters; directed by Arthur Marvin, identity of actors unknown
credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
watch 1903 version [1:09] free online at Internet Archive
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held For Ransom" [Vitagraph Oct 1905]
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton; scenario by Theodore Liebler, Jr.; featuring Maurice Costello {as Holmes}
& H. Kyrle Bellew {as Watson} • { considered to be a lost film } •
credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes In The Great Murder Mystery" [1908]
Doyle's character Holmes solving a mystery based on an Edgar Poe novel; produced by Crescent Film Mfg. Co.
of USA, other details unknown • { considered to be a lost film } • bare credits at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Nordisk Denmark made a series of Sherlock Holmes shorts, starting in 1908
"Sherlock Holmes" silent short [Denmark 1908]
Written & directed by and starring Viggo Larsen {as Holmes}, with Forest
Holger-Madsen & Gustave Lund {as Moriarty} • credits at IMDb
"Den Graa Dame" silent short [#6 Denmark Aug 1909]
Written & directed by and starring Viggo Larsen {as Holmes}, with Forest Holger-Madsen
{as Watson}, Gustave Lund, Elith Pio & Poul Welander • credits at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
writer-director-actor Mack Sennett [1880-1960]
played the part of Sherlock Holmes in 11 short films from 1911 to 1913
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Société Française des Films Éclair made nine Holmes adaptations in Britain personally supervised
by Arthur Conan Doyle himself, directed by Adrien Caillard, and starring Georges Treville as the Great Detective
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" feature film [Eclair British 1911]
{ considered to be a lost film }
Éclair made 8 short films with Conan Doyle in 1912, only the last survives
"The Speckled Band (Le Ruban Moucheté)" [1912]
"The Silver Blaze (Flamme d’Argent)" [1912]
"The Beryl Coronet" [1912]
"The Musgrave Ritual" [1912]
"The Reigate Squires" [1912]
"The Stolen Papers" [1912]
"The Mystery of Boscombe Valley (Le Mystère de Val Boscombe)" [1912]
★ ★
"The Copper Beeches" [Eclair British 1912]
25-minute silent short produced & written by Arthur Conan Doyle
credits at IMDb
watch free online at Internet Archive: Part 1 [11:40] + Part 2 [12:11]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Vitascope Germany made a series of Sherlock Holmes shorts, starting in 1914; the stories omitted Watson and
included Holmes's arch-enemy 'Stapleton'; films listed here were directed by Rudolf Meinert, Richard Oswald
& Willy Zeyn, 5 were written by Richard Oswald; several starred Alwin Neuß {as Holmes} & Friedrich Kühne
{as Stapleton} & Erwin Fichtner {as Lord Henry Baskerville}; at least "Der Hund ... Part 1" exists at Filmmuseum
München, and was restored in 2005 then shown at museum venues in the U.S.A.
"Detektiv Braun" [Germany 1914] • credits at IMDb
"Der Hund von Baskerville" [Germany June 1914]
Faithful adaptation of Doyle; prints exist in Germany & Russia
• credits at IMDb
"Der Hund ... 2. Teil (Part 2): Das Einsame Haus (The Lonely House)"
[Germany Oct 1914]
• credits at IMDb
"Der Hund ... 3. Teil (Part 3): Das Unheimliche Zimmer (The Uncanny Room)" [Germany 1915]
Stapleton escaped death at end of Part 1 and returns to torment Sir Henry
• credits at IMDb
"Das Dunkle Schloß {The Dark Castle}" [Germany 1915]
Directed by Willy Zeyn, starring Eugen Burg {as Holmes} & Friedrich Kühne {as Stapleton}
credits at IMDb
"Der Hund ... 4. Teil (Part 4): Die Sage von Hund (Legend of The Dog)" [Germany 1915]
Lord Henry's tyrannical ancestor is witnessed murdering his wife and her faithful dog;
the dog later returns to haunt the old man • credits at IMDb
"Der Hund ... 5. Teil (Part 5): Dr. Macdonald's Sanatorium" [Germany 1920] • credits at IMDb
"Der Hund ... 6. Teil (Part 6): Das Haus ohne Fenster (House Without Windows)"
[Germany 1920]
• credits at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes" [Essanay May 1916]
 | Based on the 1899 stageplay written by & starring William Gillette, often revived on Broadway; the stageplay is subtitled 'The Strange Case of Miss Faulkner'. An agent of the royal family asks Holmes for help in retrieving letters written to a Miss Faulkner; the girl's sister was intending a ransom demand for the letters, but is being held captive by a couple in the employ of evil mastermind Prof. Moriarty.
Directed by Arthur Berthelet; starring William Gillette {as Holmes}, Edward Fielding {as Watson}, Ernest Maupain {as Moriarty}, Marjorie Kay, Stewart Robbins, Hugh Thompson , Ludwig Kreiss & Mario Majeroni
{ considered to be a lost film } • credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Valley of Fear" [U.K. 1916]
 | Based on the often-revived 1899 stageplay by William Gillette; stage actor Harry Arthur Saintsbury portrayed Holmes on stage some 1,400 times in Gillette’s play (from 1899 to 1930) in England. Produced by G.B. Samuelson; directed by Alexander Butler; adaptation by Harry Engholm; starring H.A. Saintsbury {as Holmes}, Arthur M. Cullin {as Watson}, Booth Conway {as Moriarty}, Daisy Burrell, Jack McCauley, Cecil Mannering, Lionel d'Aragon, Bernard Vaughan & Jack Clare VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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Stoll Picture Productions U.K. made a series of 47 Sherlock Holmes silent films [1920-23] starring Eille Norwood {real name Anthony Edward Brett} [1861-1948] credits at IMDb • entry at Wikipedia in all there were 45 silent two-reeler short films and 2 silent feature films
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three of Eille Norwood's Sherlock Holmes shorts are available
on the 2010 "Sherlock Holmes Archive Collection" DVD sets above
"The Dying Detective" [1921 silent]
"The Devil's Foot" [1921 silent]
"The Man With The Twisted Lip" [1921 silent]
★ ★
The Eille Norwood silent films listed here were/are available on out-of-production
Region 2 DVD and-or VHS {and thus prints do exist}
"Black Peter" [1922]
"The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [1922]
"The Bruce Partington Plans" [1922]
"The Cardboard Box" [1923]
"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" [1923]
"The Dying Detective" [1921]
"The Empty House" [1921]
"The Six Napoleons" [1922]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes" silent feature [Goldwyn Pictures Corp. March 1922]
 | Long considered a lost film, print elements discovered in 1970, restoration by Kevin Brownlow & Eastman House completed in 2003. Awkward storyline, with events when Holmes & Watson were students at Cambridge leading many years later to a confrontation with evil Prof. Moriarty. Co-produced by Samuel Goldwyn, directed by Albert Parker; based on the 1899 Broadway stageplay by William Gillette; atarring John Barrymore {as Holmes}, Roland Young {as Watson}, Carol Dempster, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Hedda Hopper & Reginald Denny Kino Intl. b&w silent Blu-ray [12/2011] for $31.49 
Kino Intl. b&w silent DVD [12/2011] for $16.99
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia | 
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Selected Feature Films & Television
{ in chronological order }
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Speckled Band" [1931] starring Raymond Massey
"The Sign of Four" [1932]
"A Study In Scarlet" [1933]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes" [Gaumont British Feb 1935]
 | Loosely based on "The Valley of Fear"; after retirement, Holmes is drawn into a case of murder, possibly committed by his arch-enemy Prof. Moriarty Directed by Leslie S. Hiscott; starring Arthur Wontner {as Holmes}, Ian Fleming (as Watson}, Lyn Harding {as Moriarty}, Leslie Perrins, Jane Carr, Charles Mortimer & Minnie Rayner
Alpha Video b&w DVD [6/2003] for $7.98 Good Times Video b&w VHS [undated] for $10.74 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Murder At The Baskervilles" [1937]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes"
aka "Der Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war"
comedy feature film [U.F.A. Germany July 1937]
 | Two con men are accidently mistaken for the fictional consulting detective and his sidekick Watson, and the two are glad to receive free train passage, free hotel accomodations, and the attentions of beautiful women. The local police also believe that Holmes and Watson are real people, and they ask these two for help on a baffling case of stolen stamps, which leads to a confusion of secret codes, hidden money, young heiresses, counterfeiters, and deadly bank robbers. Co-written & directed by Karl Hartl; starring Hans Albers & Heinz Rühmann, with Marieluise Claudius, Hansi Knoteck & Paul Bildt
Televista b&w DVD with English subtitles [3/2009] for $24.95 full credits at IMDb |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Hound of The Baskervilles" [1939]
starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene & Wendy Barrie
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" [1939]
starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce
"Sherlock Holmes and The Voice of Terror" [1942]
starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce
"Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon" [1943]
starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill & Dennis Hoey
"Sherlock Holmes In Washington" [1943]
starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce
"Sherlock Holmes Faces Death" [1943]
starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce & Dennis Hoey
"The Spider Woman" [1944]
starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce & Dennis Hoey
"The Scarlet Claw" [1944]
starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce
"The Pearl of Death" [1944]
starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce & Dennis Hoey
"The House of Fear" [1945]
starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce & Dennis Hoey
"The Woman In Green" [1945]
starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce
"Pursuit To Algiers" [Oct 1945]
starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Terror By Night" [Universal Feb 1946]
 | The owner of a fabulous diamond hires Sherlock Holmes to protect the gem during transport by train from London to Edinburgh, Scotland. Co-produced & directed by Roy William Neill; starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, Dennis Hoey, Renee Godfrey, Frederick Worlock, Mary Forbes, Skelton Knaggs, Billy Bevan & Geoffrey Steele
Legend Films both colorized & b&w DVD [7/2008] for $9.95 Fox both colorized & b&w DVD [9/2005] for $14.08 Alpha Video b&w DVD [10/2002] for $7.98 Focus Films b&w DVD [2/2001] for $13.49 Alpha Video b&w DVD [10/2002] for $1.99 {sic} M.P.I. Home Video b&w DVD [1/2004] for $14.99 Hollywood Movie Classics b&w VHS [1/85] for $1.91 {sic} full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Dressed To Kill" [Universal May 1946]
 | USA title "Prelude To Murder"; the new DVD contains the digitally-restored movie in both colorized and b&w versions. A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes; the innocent purchasers of the boxes are attacked and robbed, and one is murdered; Holmes & Watson investigate.
Directed by Roy William Neill; starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Edmund Breon, Frederick Worlock, Carl Harbord, Patricia Cameron, Holmes Herbert, Harry Cording & Mary Gordon
Legend Films b&w/colorized DVD [7/2008] for $9.95 as "Prelude To Murder" Alpha Video b&w DVD [2004] for $7.98 Fox Home Ent b&w VHS [3/93] for $2.89 {sic} full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes" TV series [Guild Films 1954-55]
![still photo of actor Ronald Howard [1918-96]from the BBC-TV series of 1954-55](covers/RonaldHoward-asHolmes.jpg) | 39-episode half-hour b&w TV series produced in Paris, France and not shown in U.K. until 2006; 25 episodes directed by Steve Previn; starring Ronald Howard {as Holmes}, Howard Marion-Crawford {as Watson}, Archie Duncan {as Lestrade} Mill Creek Ent. 'Complete Series' b&w DVD [9/2005] 3 disks for $4.99 series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia |
"Der Hund von Baskerville" [German TV 1955]
 | 80-minute German TV movie adapted & directed by Fritz Umgelter; starring Wolf Ackva {as Holmes}, Arnulf Schröder {as Watson}, Ernst August Schepmann {as Sir Henry}, Werner Xantry {as Sir Charles}, Axel Ivers, Hedi Reich, Christian Schmieder, Gerhard Ritter, Annelotte von Obstfelde & Hans Epskamp VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
"Sherlock Holmes and The Deadly Necklace" [1962]
starring Christopher Lee
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes" 13-episode TV series [BBC-TV 1964-65]
b&w BBC-TV series that shares IMDb series ID# with the 1968 Peter Cushing series {see below};
Wilmer refused to sign up for further episodes due to perceived incompetence (Wilmer rewrote
many of these scripts) and the producers's plan to cut rehearsal days.
 | all thirteen 50-minute episodes, starring Douglas Wilmer as Holmes & Nigel Stock as Watson BBC Worldwide b&w DVD [9/2010] 2 disks for $14.99 series credits at IMDb • 29-episode series entry at Wikipedia |
"The Speckled Band" [May 1964]
"The Illustrious Client" [Feb 1965]
"The Devil's Foot" [Feb 1965]
"The Copper Beeches" [March 1965]
"The Red-Headed League" [March 1965]
"The Abbey Grange" [March 1965]
"The Six Napoleons" [March 1965]
"The Man With The Twisted Lip" [April 1965]
"The Beryl Coronet" [April 1965]
"The Bruce-Partington Plans" [April 1965]
"Charles Augustus Milverton" [April 1965]
"The Retired Colourman" [May 1965]
"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" [May 1965]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"A Study In Terror" [Columbia Oct 1965]
 | As serial killer Jack the Ripper terrorizes London, Sherlock Holmes receives a leather case containing the surgical instruments of a nobleman, absent the large scalpel, recently held in pawn. Directed by James Hill; original script by Derek & Donald Ford; starring John Neville {as Holmes}, Donald Houston {as Watson}, Frank Finlay {as Lestrade}, Robert Morley {as Mycroft}, Barbara Leake {as Mrs. Hudson}, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Windsor, Adrienne Corr, Judi Dench, Barry Jones, Peter Carsten, Christiane Maybach & John Cairney
Sony Pictures Home Ent. color DVD [3/2011] for $20.95 Sony color VHS [1/2000] for $39.99 full credits at IMDb |
 | "A Study In Terror: Ellery Queen vs. Jack the Ripper" [1966] novelization by Ellery Queen Amateur detective Ellery Queen receives a handwritten manuscript dated 1888 that purports to be a lost tale by Dr. Watson of Sherlock Holmes's solution to the identity of Jack the Ripper. Lancer original movie tie-in mass pb [1966] out of print/scarce |
"Sherlock Holmes" 16-episode color TV series [BBC-TV 1968]
Much-loved color BBC-TV series that shares IMDb series ID# with the 1964-65 Douglas Wilmer series {see above};
ten of the episodes seem to be lost; the six episodes count the two-part "Baskervilles" as one on the DVD
 | five or six rescued 50-minute episodes, starring Peter Cushing as Holmes & Nigel Stock as Watson; the 'five' episodes on DVD include: two-part "The Hound of The Baskervilles", "The Sign of The Four", "The Blue Carbuncle", "A Study In Scarlet", and "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", plus bonus documentary "Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective"
BBC Worldwide color DVD [12/2009] 3 disks for $12.99 Season 2 credits at IMDb • 29-episode series entry at Wikipedia |
"The Second Stain" [Sept 1968]
"The Dancing Men" [Sept 1968]
"A Study in Scarlet" [Sept 1968]
"The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1" [Sept 1968]
"The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2" [Oct 1968]
"The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [October 1968]
"The Greek Interpreter" [October 1968]
"The Naval Treaty" [October 1968]
"Thor Bridge" [Nov 1968]
"The Musgrave Ritual" [Nov 1968]
"Black Peter" [Nov 1968]
"Wisteria Lodge" [Nov 1968]
"Shoscombe Old Place" [Dec 1968]
"The Solitary Cyclist" [Dec 1968]
"The Sign of Four" [Dec 1968]
"The Blue Carbuncle [Dec 1968]
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"
[Mirisch / United Artists Oct 1970]
 | A beautiful Belgian woman found in the river Thames is brought to Holmes and Watson, who are quickly warned by Mycroft to stay out of official business. The investigation leads to Scotland, and soon involves six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Originally filmed for roadshow-length (with intermission) release, U.A.'s financial troubles forced Wilder to agree to a shortened version; he was not happy with editor Ernest Walter's 125-minute version; most of the removed elements were destroyed or lost, so Wilder's original intention may never be re-created. Co-written & co-produced by Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond; directed by Billy Wilder; music by Miklós Rózsa; starring Robert Stephens (as Holmes}, Colin Blakely {as Watson}, Geneviève Page, Christopher Lee, Tamara Toumanova, Clive Revill, Irene Handl, Mollie Maureen & Stanley Holloway; W.G.A. nom for Best Original Comedy Script M.G.M. Video widescreen color DVD [7/2003] for $21.99 M.G.M. Video color VHS [6/94] for $1.75 {sic} full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia Orchestral music for the film performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nic Raine Silva America music CD [undated] out of prodn/used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"They Might Be Giants" [1971]
A romantic comedy based on the 1961 play (both written by James Goldman) in which Justin Playfair
{George C. Scott}is convinced that he is Sherlock Holmes, and manages to convince many others of same,
including the psychiatrist {Joanne Woodward} who is assigned to evaluate him so he can be committed
to a mental institution – and whose name is Dr. Watson.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (1975) B000E6ESJ4/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072608/
"Murder By Decree" [1979] starring Christopher Plummer & James Mason B00007AJED
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079592/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson"
[Soviet Russia 1979-1986]
 |
Soviet television produced a series of five TV films between 1979 and 1986 about 'Tserloka Xolmsa i Doktora Vatsona' at the Lenfilm movie studio; the series was split into eleven episodes and starred Vasily Livanov as Holmes and Vitaly Solomin as Watson
color all-region DVDs with English subtitles [undated] 6 disks - out of prodn/import/used Russian TV series page at Sherlock Holmes Society |
"Sherlock Hound, The Detective" 26-episode cartoon series
aka "Meitantei Houmuzu" [Tokyo Movie Shinsha / R.A.I. Italy 1982-85]
 | Based on classic tales of Sherlock Holmes; first six episodes directed by Hayao Miyazaki, then rights issues halted production; series was completed by other directors and aired 1984-85; also 1984 theatrical version from two Miyazaki episodes. English voices include Larry Moss, Lewis Arquette, Hamilton Camp & Pat Morris; Japanese voices include Taichirô Hirokawa, Kousei Tomita & Yôko Asagami
series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia Case File 1: Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [2/2002] for $42.53 Case File 2: Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [4/2002] out of prodn/used Case File 3: Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [6/2002] for $42.53 Case File 4: Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [8/2002] for $15.80 Case File 5: Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [10/2002] for $38.52 Case File 6: Geneon/Pioneer color DVD [12/2002] out of prodn/used "Sherlock Hound in Tales of Mystery" [1989] five of Miyazaki's six episodes, on VHS only Celebrity Home Ent. color VHS [7/89] out of prodn/used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Sherlock Holmes Animated Collection" [Australia 1983]
 | includes animated "The Sign of Four" [1983], "The Baskerville Curse" [1983], "A Study In Scarlet" [1983]Z, and "The Valley of Fear" [1983]
Co-produced by Eddy Graham & Tom Stacey; adapted by Eddy Graham & Norma Green; voices of Peter O'Toole {as Holmes} & Earle Cross {as Watson} Liberation Ent color DVD set [5/2007] 4 disks for $26.99 |
"Young Sherlock Holmes" [tv 1985] /tt0090357/
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sherlock-Holmes-Nicholas-Rowe/dp/B0000AUHPC/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Sherlock:_The_Mystery_of_the_Manor_House
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
| | "The Sign of Four" feature-length TV movie [Granada/I.T.V. Nov 1987] Directed by Peter Hammond; starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke & John Thaw, with Robin Hunter, Alf Joint, Kiran Shah, Jenny Seagrove & Rosalie Williams M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [2/2003] for $12.99 full credits at IMDb • book entry at Wikipedia "The Hound of The Baskervilles" TV movie [Granada/I.T.V. Aug 1988] Directed by Brian Mills; starring Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, with Alastair Duncan, Raymond Adamson, Kristoffer Tabori, Ronald Pickup, James Faulkner & Rosemary McHale M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [2/2003] for $12.99 full credits at IMDb • book entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Without A Clue" [1988] starring Michael Caine & Ben Kingsley
/B00015HVN8/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096454/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Crucifer of Blood" [T.N.T. Nov 1991]
 | telefilm for Turner Network Television based on the Broadway stageplay by Paul Giovanni, which was in turn adapted from Conan Doyle's 1889 novel "The Sign of Four"
103-minute TV movie featuring Charlton Heston {as Holmes}, Richard Johnson {as Watson}, Simon Callow, John Castle, Edward Fox & Susannah Harker; co-produced, co-written & directed by Heston's son Fraser Clarke Heston
Warner Home Video color DVD [3/2010] for $5.98 Turner Home Ent. color VHS [11/98] for $9.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia The Broadway stageplay was successful, running 252 performances from September 1978 to April 1979; the play was nominated for 4 Tony Awards (won 1), won 2 minor Drama Desk Awards |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Master Blackmailer" [1991]
starring Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke
"The Eligible Bachelor" [1992]
starring Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke
"The Last Vampyre" [1992]
starring Jeremy Brett & Edward Hardwicke
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective" TV documentary
[A&E Biography May 1995]
 | 46-minute docufilm hosted by Peter Graves, narrated by Anthony Valentine
A&E Home Video color DVD [6/2009] for $9.49 A&E Home Video color VHS [2/2000] out of prodn/used also available on the DVD set for the 1968 Peter Cushing BBC-TV series above full credits at IMDb |
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Case-Silk-Stocking/dp/B000AOEMVY/ [tv 2004]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429032/
"Sherlock Holmes and The Baker Street Irregulars"
[BBC-TV March 2007]
 | A one-off children's TV program focusing on the Baker Street Irregulars and starring Jonathan Pryce as Holmes and Bill Paterson as Dr. Watson; directed by Julian Kemp Acorn Media widescreen color DVD [9/2007] for $19.99 full credits at IMDb • program entry at Wikipedia |
"Elementary My Dear Watson: The Man Behind Sherlock Holmes"
[video release Nov 2009]
 | 2-hour documentary co-written & directed by Philip Gardiner; DVD bonus features include 75-minute film "The Madness of Sherlock Holmes" Reality Ent. color DVD [11/2009] for $11.49 bare credits at IMDb • producer's official movie info |
"Sherlock Holmes" feature film
[Warner Bros. December 2009]
 |
Holmes & Watson arrest a Satanist aristocrat; after trial for murder and sentence to hanging, he promises from the gallows to return from the dead and destroy Britain. Co-written & directed by Guy Ritchie; cinematography by Philippe Rousselot; original music by Hans Zimmer; starring Robert Downey Jr. {as Holmes}, Jude Law {as Watson}, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly & Eddie Marsan {as Insp. Lestrade}
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [3/2010] for $17.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [3/2010] for $9.49 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • official movie site movie tie-in paperback "Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture" Penguin 7½x5 movie tie-in pb [9/2009] for $10.98 |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes" [indep Jan 2010]
 | Supposedly intended to piggyback on the Ritchie-Downey feature film, in the 'mockbuster' tradition of producers The Asylum. Filmed in Wales; the story has 1882 London terrorized by steam-punk mechanical monsters, in flashbacks told by elderly Dr. Watson who held back revealing the events so that the Germans wouldn't get any bright ideas. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg; co-pro-duced & written by Paul Bales; starring Ben Syder {as Sherlock Holmes}, Gareth David-Lloyd {as Watson}, Dominic Keating {as Thorpe Holmes}, David Shackleton {as Old Dr. Watson}, William Huw {as Lestrade}, Elizabeth Arends, Neil Williams, Dylan Jones & Chris Coxon
Asylum Home Ent. color widescreen? DVD [4/2010] for $22.14 full credits at IMDb • official DVD site |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock" TV movies [BBC-TV 2010-2012]
 | Announced in 2008 as a contemporary remake of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories starring Benedict Cumber-batch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson, with Rupert Graves as Lestrade. The original 60-minute pilot became three 90-minute episodes broadcast in 2010, with three episodes set for broadcast in 2012.
Series created by Steven Moffat & Mark Gatiss series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia Season 1: includes "A Study In Pink" [July 2010], "The Blind Banker" [Aug 2010], "The Great Game" [Aug 2010; and the unaired 60-minute pilot [2010]; DVD/Blu-ray extras include commentaries & "Unlocking Sherlock: The Making of ..." docufilm BBC Worldwide widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2010] 2 disks for $28.99 BBC Worldwide widescreen color DVD [11/2010] 2 disks for $18.99 Season 2: includes "A Scandal In Belgravia" [?? 2012], "The Hounds of Baskerville" [?? 2012], and "The Reichenbach Fall" [?? 2012] DVD/Blu-ray not yet available |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Tom & Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes" animated feature
video release [Warner Bros. Aug 2010]
 | A series of jewel heists baffle Scotland Yard, who arrest a singer (who was framed); Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson take on the case, with help from Tom and Jerry; other characters include Droopy, Butch & Tuffy.
Directed by Spike Brandt & Jeff Siergey; written by Earl Kress; voices of Michael York {as Holmes}, John Rhys-Davies {as Watson}, Malcolm McDowell {as Moriarity}, Grey DeLisle, Jeff Bergman & Kath Soucie
Warner Home Video color Blu-ray & DVD combo [10/2010] 2 disks for $20.99 Warner Home Video color DVD [8/2010] for $15.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game of Shadows" feature film 
[Warner Bros. Dec 2011]
 | Holmes and Watson trace a series of murders to arch-fiend Prof. James Moriarty, who is planning to cause a World War. Directed by Guy Ritchie; written by Michele & Kieran Mulroney; music by Hans Zimmer; returning stars Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams & Kelly Reilly; also starring Stephen Fry {as batty Mycroft Holmes}, Jared Harris {as Moriarty} & Noomi Rapace
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
“Hawkshaw” cable TV series
[CW Network in 2012?]
A young man with amnesia decides that he is either a descendent of Sherlock Holmes, or perhaps Holmes himself; his assigned
psychiatrist diagnoses his problem as Dissociative Identity Disorder, but her policewoman sister learns that his British charm
and powers of deduction are assets in solving local crimes.
Co-produced by Samuel L. Jackson & David Loughery
still not listed at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes" TV Project [CBS-TV series for late 2012?]
Announced 9/2011: CBS-TV has ordered a script for a modern-day 'Sherlock Holmes' drama from producers
Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly; Rob Doherty is set to write the script; the filming of the pilot episode was
green-lighted 1/2012, under the new title "Elementary" • not yet listed on IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes" comedy feature film
[release in 2013?]
There is indeed a listing on IMDB for an "Untitled Sherlock Holmes Project" designated 'in development' with Sacha Baron Cohen
set to portray Holmes and Will Ferrell set to portray Watson – Hollywood, have you no shame? •
latest info at IMDb
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
untitled Sherlock Holmes 3 feature film
[Warner Bros. release in 2013?]
Announced 10/2011: Warner Bros. has hired Drew Pearce to write a script
• not yet listed on IMDb
Other Sherlockian Films
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"Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes" 6-hour tv miniseries [B.B.C.2/P.B.S. 2000] Arthur Conan Doyle was a medical student at the University of Edinburgh in 1876, and very lucky to be mentored by forensic surgeon Dr. Joseph Bell. {This is sort of a "C.S.I.: Victorian Scotland", which is not a put-down.) Episode titles include "Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle", "The Patient's Eyes", "Postponed ", "The Photo- grapher's Chair", "The Kingdom of Bones" & "The White Knight Stratagem" Directed by Paul Seed; written by David Pirie; starring Robin Laing {as Doyle}, Ian Richardson {as Bell}, Dolly Wells & Charles Dance M.P.I. Home Video color DVD [6/2006] 2 disks for $34.99 full credits at IMDb • official book & movie site |
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