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Selected Sound Feature Films & Television
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"The Speckled Band" [1931] starring Raymond Massey
"The Sign of Four" [1932]
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"A Study In Scarlet" [K.B.S./World Wide Pictures/Fox May 1933]
 | The story bears no relation to the novel of the same name: Members of a secret trust (tontine) that meets in Limehouse are being murdered; a victim's widow enlists the help of Sherlock Holmes; the atmospheric doings involve coded messages, a pretty heiress, sinister villains, and a country mansion with a secret passage. {Doyle's 1887 novel begins with Sherlock Holmes solving a murder and arresting Jefferson Hope, an American; the second half is the backstory in Mormon Utah and a clever resolution.} • Directed by Edwin L. Marin; screenplay by Robert Florey, with dialogue by Reginald Owen; starring Reginald Owen {as Holmes}, Warburton Gamble {as Watson}, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton, Alan Mowbray, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Leila Bennett, Wyndham Standing, Halliwell Hobbes, Hobart Cavanaugh, Olaf Hytten, Tetsu Komai, Tempe Pigott, Cecil Reynolds •
full credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
Alpha Video b&w DVD [3/2003] for $6.98 Alpha Video b&w VHS [3/2004] out of prodn/used watch full movie [11/2006 upload; 1:11:18] online at Internet Archive watch full movie [5/2018 upload; 1:11:18] online at YouTube |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"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
watch full movie [9/2012 upload; 1:07:45] online at YouTube
"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 |
★ ★
 | Basil Rathbone in "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection" [2006]
M.P.I. Home Video b&w Blu-ray set [3/2011] 5 disks for $73.90 M.P.I. Home Video b&w DVD set [6/2006] 5 disks for $63.99 contains all 14 feature films from 1939 to 1946 starring Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce, as just above, on five disks; extras include commentaries, interviews, footage of Conan Doyle, theatrical trailers |
| SherlockHolmesTrailers Collection
watch 8 trailers online [10 minutes] at Internet Archive includes 8 b&w trailers: "Spider Woman" [0:53]; "Secret Weapon" [0:59]; "Pearl of Death" [1:04]; "House of Fear" [1:08]; "Pursuit To Algiers" [1:05]; "Scarlet Claw" [1:26]; "Terror By Night" [1:15]; and "Dressed To Kill" [1:15] |
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"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. widescreen color DVD [3/2011] for $18.93 Sony color VHS [1/2000] out of prodn/used 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] a included on the DVD
"The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 1" [Sept 1968] a included on the DVD
"The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 2" [Oct 1968] a included on the DVD
"The Boscombe Valley Mystery" [October 1968] a included on the DVD
"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] a included on the DVD
"The Blue Carbuncle [Dec 1968] a included on the DVD
"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 that he can be committed
to a mental institution – and whose name is Dr. Watson.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes" anthology series [BBC-TV 1972-73] /tt0167703/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rivals_of_Sherlock_Holmes_(TV_series)
http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/26993
http://www.amazon.com/Rivals-Sherlock-Holmes-Set/dp/B001V7YZE8/
http://www.amazon.com/Rivals-Sherlock-Holmes-Set-2/dp/B00331RHDG/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" [1975] /tt0072608/
http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Sherlock-Holmes-Smarter-Brother/dp/B000E6ESJ4/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"The Return of the World's Greatest Detective" TV movie [1976] /tt0072608/
Goofy tale of L.A.P.D. motorcycle cop Sherman Holmes {Larry Hagman} who gets bonked on the head while reading Conan Doyle and starts believing
that he is the fictional character; he is assigned to a shrink named Dr. Joan Watson who indulges his delusions, which actually make him
an excellent detective as they pursue a serial killer. Co-produced & co-written by Dean Hargrove & Roland Kibbee; directed by Dean Hargrove
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Murder By Decree" [1979] /tt0079592/
starring Christopher Plummer & James Mason /B00007AJED/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"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 |
"Young Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of The Manor House"
TV series [Granada Oct-Dec 1982]
 | Eight half-hour episodes; due to a typhoid epidemic at school, young Sherlock is sent home unexpectedly; he finds strange goings on, dangers, and intrigues among family members, the staff, and outsiders – leading to a plot to impersonate Queen Victoria and and steal a fabled diamond.
Directed by Nicholas Ferguson; written by Gerald Frow, starring Guy Henry, June Barry, Tim Brierley, David Ryder-Futcher, Christopher Villiers, Heather Chasen, Lewis Fiander, Eva Griffith & Marina McConnell {as Queen Victoria}
Goldhill Home Media color DVD [4/2003] 3 disks - out of prodn/used series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Young Sherlock: The Mystery of The Manor House" novelization [1982] by Gerald Frow Carnival/Dragon Books mass pb [10/82] out of print/used "Young Sherlock: The Adventure At Ferryman's Creek" mystery novel [1984] by Gerald Frow - Intended as a sequel; not produced for TV Carnival/Dragon Books mass pb [12/84] out of print/used |
"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" [Amblin/Paramount Dec 1985]
 | Teenage John Watson meets Sherlock Holmes at school in London; when several men die strangely, Holmes tries to get Sgt. Lestrade to take on the case; when the uncle of his true-love Elizabeth also dies, Holmes concentrates on solving the murders, which leads to a religious cult from Egypt hidden underneath the Wapping warehouse district. Co-produced by Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall & Henry Winkler; Directed by Barry Levinson; script by Chris Columbus; starring Nicholas Rowe {as Holmes}, Alan Cox {as Watson}, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan Fleetwood, Freddie Jones, Nigel Stock, Roger Ashton-Griffiths {as Lestrade}, Earl Rhodes, and the voice of Michael Hordern
Paramount widescreen color DVD [12/2003] for $6.97 Paramount widescreen color DVD [2/2009] 2 disks out of prodn/used M.C.A. Records soundtrack CD [1985] 23 tracks on 2 disks - out of prodn/used M.C.A. Records audio cassette CD [1985] 13 tracks out of prodn/used M.C.A. Records vinyl soundtrack album [1985] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Disney's "The Great Mouse Detective" animated feature
[Buena Vista Pictures July 1986]
Based on characters in five children's books written by Eve Titus [1905-2002] and illustrated by Paul Galdone [1907-86]. The Disney people
made major changes to the story and to the characters: Ratigan is drawn as a rat, the bat Fidget is an original creation (replacing Captain Doran),
and so on. The movie plot has to do with a robot designed to impersonate the Queen of the Mice.
 | "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 |
"Sherlock Holmes In The 22nd Century"
animated TV series [Fox Network 1999-2001]
 | 26-episode half-hour animated TV series; after criminals clone Moriarty to mastermind the takeover of the crime-free future, Lestrade's great-great-great-granddaughter re-animates Sherlock Holmes and creates a Dr. Watson cyber-sidekick; the trio battles evil in plots cleverly borrowed from Doyle's originals. • Directed by Robert Brousseau; featuring voices of Jason Gray-Stanford, John Payne, Akiko Morison, Richard Newman, William Samples & Viv Leacock; bonus material on the DVD includes a sample episode from five other TV series
Mill Creek Ent. complete series on DVD [2/2012] 3 disks for $7.49 series credits at IMDb • official DHX Media homepage • series entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock" TV movie [USA Network Oct 2002] /tt0337593/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking" TV movie [2004] /tt0429032/
http://www.amazon.com/Sherlock-Holmes-Case-Silk-Stocking/dp/B000AOEMVY/
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"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 2010-2017]
 | Announced in 2008 as a contemporary remake of Sir 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; three episodes were broadcast in January 2012; the third season began filming in 2013. Announced 3/2013: star Cumberbatch has agreed to a fourth season . . .
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 B.B.C. Worldwide widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2010] 2 disks for $22.99 B.B.C. Worldwide widescreen color DVD [11/2010] 2 disks for $14.99 Season 2: includes "A Scandal In Belgravia" [Jan 2012], "The Hounds of Baskerville" [Jan 2012], and "The Reichenbach Fall" [Jan 2012] B.B.C. Warner widescreen color Blu-ray [5/2012] 2 disks for $19.99 B.B.C. Warner widescreen color DVD [5/2012] 2 disks for $17.99 Season 3: includes "The Empty Hearse" [Jan 2014], "The Sign of Three" [Jan 2014], and "His Last Vow" [Feb 2014] B.B.C. Warner widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2014] 2 disks for $28.99 B.B.C. Warner widescreen color DVD [2/2014] 2 disks for $20.99 holiday TV special [Jan 2016]: "Sherlock: The Abominable Bride" BBC Home Ent. color Blu-ray [1/2016] for $16.99 BBC Home Ent. color DVD [1/2016] for $14.96 Season 4: scheduled for 2017 broadcast watch 7/2016 official Season 4 teaser trailer [1:31] online at YouTube |
fandom's 'Johnlock Conspiracy'
 | "The Sherlock Files / Casebook - Official Guide To The B.B.C. Hit Series" [2012] by Guy Adams covering the first two seasons only; in the form of a blog by John Watson, with in-character Post-It® notes between John and Sherlock It Books 8½x6 pb [7/2013] for $16.03 B.B.C. Books 8¾x6½ hardcover [10/2012] out of print/60+ used |
 | "Sherlock: Chronicles" [2014] by Steve Tribe, Foreword by Mark Gatiss Behind-the-scenes coverage of the first three seasons, with all-new interviews with the cast and crew and over 500 illustrations Kindle Edition from Dey Street/HarperCollins [10/2015] for $14.99 Dey Street Books 10x7¾ hardcover [10/2015] for $21.42 B.B.C. Books 10x7¾ hardcover [2014] out of print/40+ used |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"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 and The Shadow Watchers"
independent feature film [Canada April 2011]
 | London is terrified after a newspaper reports details of a murder more gruesome than Jack the Ripper's exploits; Scotland Yard becomes doubly concerned when they discover that the very accurate news account was published two hours before the body was found!
Directed by & starring Anthony D.P. Mann {as Holmes}; also starring Terry Wade {as Watson}, Richard W. Kerr {as Lestrade}, Ian Brannan, Richard Cairns, Ilke Hincer, Noelle Piche, Richard M. Piperni, Michael Pontbriand & Angella Scott available on DVD from producer website for CAN$15.00 + s/h; extras include 2 featurettes 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
Warner Home Video Blu-ray/DVD combo [6/2012] 2 disks for $24.96 Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2012] for $19.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [6/2012] for $14.96 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
“Hawkshaw” cable TV series [CW Network - in development?] 
Announced 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 {2013}
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Elementary" TV Series [CBS-TV Sept 2012 to April 2013?]
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"; 2/2012: Jonny Lee Miller {former “Dexter” star} landed
the lead role, Robert Doherty will write & exec produce; added 2/2012: Asian-American actress Lucy Liu is hired
to portray Dr. Joan Watson! •
latest info at IMDb
"Mr. Holmes" [BBC/Roadside/Miramax June 2015]
 | Nonagenarian retired consulting detective and longtime beekeeper Holmes is pulled into a 50-year-old riddle – his last case, still unsolved . . . Directed by Bill Condon; co-written by Jeffrey Hatcher & Mitch Cullin (based on his novel); starring Ian McKellen, Milo Parker, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Hiroyuki Sanada, Roger Allam, Colin Starkey {as Dr. Watson}, Philip Davis, Nicholas Rowe, Frances de la Tour, Madeleine Worrall, Sarah Crowden, Takako Akashi, Zak Shukor, Kit Connor, Michael Culkin, John Sessions {as Mycroft Holmes}, Sam Coulson & Frances Barber
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers at YouTube: 3/2015 trailer #1 [1:19] + 5/2015 U.K. trailer #2 [1:54] + 5/2015 U.S. trailer #2 [2:30] |
 | "A Slight Trick of The Mind: A Novel" [2005] by Mitch Cullin The book deftly weaves together three tales: Holmes's recent visit to Japan and Hiroshima, teaching beekeeping to the teenage son of his housekeeper, and a journal re-examining his last, unsolved case. Kindle Edition from Anchor/Random House [4/2005] for $9.99 Anchor Books 8x5¼ pb [5/2006] for $12.00 Nan A. Talese 8¼x6 hardcover [4/2005] out of print/50+ used Canongate Books, Ltd. 8¾x5¾ hardcover [3/2005] out of print/used publisher's author page |
"Sherlock: The Abominable Bride" holiday TV special
[B.B.C. Cymru Wales/Masterpiece Jan 2016]
 | Setting includes alternative reality in 1890s London; story based on one line from Conan Doyle's "Musgrave Ritual" story; a bride commits suicide in public, but reappears a few weeks later to kill her husband, then other men; Lestrade suspects a ghost, Holmes moves back and forth from the present to Victorian England . . . The episode was broadcast on B.B.C. One and P.B.S. the evening of January First, and simulcast in the United Kingdom in 100 cinemas. • Directed by Douglas Mackinnon; co-produced & written by Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat; starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Mark Gatiss (also writer-producer), Andrew Scott, Louise Brealey, Amanda Abbington, Jonathan Aris, Yasmine Akram, David Nellist, Catherine McCormack, Tim McInnerny, Natasha O'Keeffe, Tim Barlow, Gerald Kyd, Stephanie Hyam, Damian Samuels, Charles Furness, Adam Greaves-Neal, Richard Sutton; won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding TV Movie
BBC Home Ent. color Blu-ray [1/2016] for $16.99 BBC Home Ent. color DVD [1/2016] for $14.96 full credits at IMDb • official moviesite • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 10/2015 official trailer [2:00] online at YouTube |
"Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes" animated feature
[Rocket/Paramount/M.G.M. March 2018]
 | Sequel to the 2011 feature "Gnomeo & Juliet"; gnomes are disappearing from the gardens of London, so Gnomeo hires famous detective Sherlock Gnomes {voice of Johnny Depp} to find out what is happening. Executive produced by Elton John; directed by John Stevenson; written by Kevin Cecil, Andy Riley, Richard Sweren, Ben Zazove; music by Chris Bacon & Elton John; featuring voices of Johnny Depp, Emily Blunt, James McAvoy, Maggie Smith, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Stephen Merchant, Mary J. Blige DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 11/2017 official trailer [2:24] online at YouTube |
"Holmes and Watson" comedy feature film [Sony/Columbia Pictures Dec 2018]
  | There was 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 – the question became 'Hollywood, have you no shame?' • Announced 8/2016: renamed & reconfigured comedy project has John C. Reilly as Watson to Will Ferrell’s Holmes; to be directed by Etan Cohen, with production scheduled to start after Thanksgiving • Co-produced by & starring Will Ferrell; written & directed by Etan Cohen; also starring John C. Reilly, Kelly Macdonald, Rebecca Hall, Ralph Fiennes, Noah Jupe, Lauren Lapkus, Hugh Laurie, Pam Ferris {as Queen Victoria}, Bella Ramsey, Rob Brydon, Bronson Webb, Billy Jenkins, Kieran O'Brien, Michael Culkin, Jordan Long, Oliver Maltman, Deepak Anand, Amelia O'Loughlin, Karl Farrer, Gerard Monaco, Shawn Dixon, Jason Thorpe, Ethan Rouse, Craig Thomas Lambert, Wolf Roth {as Sigmund Freud}, Phil Hodges, Daniel Fearn, Martyn Mayger, Sonnyboy Skelton, Scarlet Grace, Christian Wolf-La'Moy, Paul Cassidy {as Charlie Chaplin}, Matthew Di Liello, David Shackleton {as Albert Einstein]}, Mark Anthony Dawson, Sara Beasley, Paul T.T. Easter, Mick Slaney, David Stoller, Benjamin Lok, Colby Mulgrew, David Bromley, Angus Cook, John Kinory, Anjan Kannan, Russell Wilcox, Darren Lake, Stanley Eldridge, Anthony Richard Rowe, Edward Olhausen, Neil Main, Lilly Aspell, Andrew G. Ogleby, Richard Price
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Enola Holmes" [Netflix Sept 2020]
 | Enola's mother goes missing, so she travels to London seeking help from brothers Sherlock and Mycroft . . . Co-produced by & starring Millie Bobby Brown; co-produced & directed by Harry Bradbeer; screenplay by Jack Thorne, based on the Nancy Springer book series; music by Daniel Pemberton; also starring Henry Cavill {as Sherlock Holmes}, Sam Claflin {as Mycroft Holmes}, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Shaw, Adeel Akhtar, Frances de la Tour, Louis Part-ridge, Susan Wokoma, Burn Gorman, Jay Simpson, Margaret Wheldon, Joakim Skarli, Heather Pearse, Paul Parker, Deonne Newby, Hattie Jackson, Sonya Seva, Gianni Calchetti, Owen Atlas {as young Sherlock Holmes}, Theo Ip, Delroy Atkinson, Steve Saunders, Pierre Bergman, Adrian Mozzi, Antoniya Gerimpapazi, Hattie Morahan, Claire Rushbrook, Ellie Haddington, Rebecca Hanssen {as Enola performance double}, Alex Kelly, Stuart Whelan, Peter Theobalds DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site watch 8/2020 official trailer [2:43] online at YouTube |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
untitled Sherlock Holmes 3 feature film
[Warner Bros. release in Dec 2021?]
Announced 10/2011: Warner Bros. has hired Drew Pearce to write a script (while also writing "Iron Man 3"); returning stars include Robert Downey Jr. &
Jude Law; ADDED 4/2016: RDjr says film will happen soon, WB announced hiring of James Coyne to rewrite the script •
latest info at IMDb (2/2018)
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
"Young Sherlock Holmes" (in development 2020) /tt2531030/
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