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A Study in Terror

- Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper! Here comes the original caped crusader!

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.

Release Date : 1965-10-01

Language :EnglishItalian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Compton Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Sherlock Holmes

Original Name : John Neville

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Watson

Original Name : Donald Houston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Carfax

Original Name : John Fraser

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Murray

Original Name : Anthony Quayle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annie Chapman

Original Name : Barbara Windsor

Gender : Female

Character Name : Angela

Original Name : Adrienne Corri

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector Lestrade

Original Name : Frank Finlay

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sally

Original Name : Judi Dench

Gender : Female

Character Name : Duke of Shires

Original Name : Barry Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mycroft Holmes

Original Name : Robert Morley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Keller

Original Name : Edina Ronay

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joseph Beck

Original Name : Charles Regnier

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prime Minister

Original Name : Cecil Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Singer

Original Name : Georgia Brown

Gender : Female

Character Name : Home Secretary

Original Name : Dudley Foster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Max Steiner

Original Name : Peter Carsten

Gender : Male

Character Name : Polly Nichols

Original Name : Christiane Maybach

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cathy Eddowes

Original Name : Kay Walsh

Gender : Female

Character Name : Michael Osborne

Original Name : John Cairney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Landlady

Original Name : Avis Bunnage

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Hudson

Original Name : Barbara Leake

Gender : Female

Character Name : PC Benson

Original Name : Patrick Newell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Liz Stride

Original Name : Norma Foster

Gender : Female

Character Name : Chunky

Original Name : Terry Downes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rupert

Original Name : Jeremy Lloyd

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-09-05

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 actually has just a shade of "Hammer" about it. I did think, though, that the extensive cast diluted the potency of the thing though. There are too many characters and aside from Anthony Quayle, they sort of served to clutter up the story. The writing isn't bad, it tries it's hand at a little humour now and again, but it is frequently wordy - a little too descriptive denying us much opportunity to do any investigation along with them, ourselves. It's a decent watch, an authentic postulation of what might have happened, but Neville just isn't "Holmes" material for me, sorry...