A Study in Terror (1965)

NR10/01/1965Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery1h 35m
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Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper! Here comes the original caped crusader!

Overview

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

Top Billed Cast

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    John Neville

    Sherlock Holmes

  2. Cast 1

    Donald Houston

    Doctor Watson

  3. Cast 1

    John Fraser

    Lord Carfax

  4. Cast 1

    Anthony Quayle

    Doctor Murray

  5. Cast 1

    Barbara Windsor

    Annie Chapman

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    Adrienne Corri

    Angela

  7. Cast 1

    Frank Finlay

    Inspector Lestrade

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    Judi Dench

    Sally

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    Barry Jones

    Duke of Shires

Now, in my humble opinion there will never be a better "Sherlock" than Basil Rathbone, nor can "Watson" be anyone other than Nigel Bruce. That's not to say that others ought not to try, though - and here John Neville and Donald Houston turn in OK performances as our sleuthing duo. This time, they are charged with solving the mother of all crime mysteries - the identity of "Jack the Ripper". A lot of attention to detail has been incorporated into the superior production, the film evokes well the sense of seedy Victorian Whitechapel with it's lively nightlife and ladies of "ill repute". It actua...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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