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19/10/2001 Crime, Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie 1h 24m
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Temptation May Be His Greatest Adversary

Overview

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of Bohemia's reputation with proof of their illicit affair. The evidence? A photograph. Her ransom? The king's hand in marriage. But not only does investigating detective Sherlock Holmes already know Irene from the past, he also knows that the queen of manipulation would never resort to such a common crime. After uncovering her true ambitions, Holmes draws the cunning songstress into a well-matched game of cat and mouse

  1. Rodney Gibbons

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Matt Frewer

    Sherlock Holmes

  2. Kenneth Welsh

    Dr. Watson

  3. Liliana Komorowska

    Irene Adler

  4. R.H. Thomson

    Mycroft Holmes

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-25
This starts off with a clunky disclaimer claiming the film is based on characters from the public domain and so isn't approved by the estate of creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That's rather off-putting but it is still just about worth persevering with the rest of it. Matt Frewer dons the deerstalker and together with Kenneth Welsh as "Dr. Watson" they are drawn into a scandal that threatens the reputation of the King of Bohemia. It turns out that an old sparring partner of "Holmes" - the actress "Irene Adler" (Liliana Komorowska) is in town, and soon the duo deduce that she is probably behind ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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