Top billed cast

1. 

   Michael Caine

   Sherlock Holmes

2. 

   Ben Kingsley

   Dr. John Watson

3. 

   Jeffrey Jones

   Inspector Lestrade

4. 

   Lysette Anthony

   Impostor Leslie Giles

5. 

   Nigel Davenport

   Lord Smithwick

6. 

   Peter Cook

   Greenhough

7. 

   Gregor Fisher

   Bobby at Warehouse

8. 

   Paul Freeman

   Prof. James Moriarty

9. 

   George Sweeney

   John Clay

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-08-07

I’d love to have seen a Rathbone\Bruce example of role reversing! This one sees us with an entirely hopeless “Holmes” (Michael Caine) acclaimed as a sleuth by just about everyone except the true brains of the operation. That’s “Dr. Watson” (Ben Kingsley) who is the long-suffering cerebral power behind the throne. Finally exasperated by the drunken antics of “Holmes”, “Watson” determines to start writing about the “Crime Doctor” instead. Not only do the publishers not fancy that idea, but neither do the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Nigel Davenport) nor “Insp. Lestrade�...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$8,539,181.00

Keywords

• london, england
• detective
• alcoholism
• victorian england
• 19th century