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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

PG-13 10/29/1970 Mystery, Comedy, Crime, Adventure, History 2h 5m
68%
User
Score
7.0/10
87%
75/100

Anything But Elementary.

Overview

Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.

Billy Wilder

Director

Arthur Conan Doyle

Characters

I. A. L. Diamond

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Sherlock Holmes

Colin Blakely

Colin Blakely

Dr. John Watson

Geneviève Page

Geneviève Page

Gabrielle Valadon

Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee

Mycroft Holmes

Tamara Toumanova

Tamara Toumanova

Madame Petrova

Clive Revill

Clive Revill

Nikolai Rogozhin

Irene Handl

Irene Handl

Mrs. Hudson

Mollie Maureen

Mollie Maureen

Queen Victoria

Stanley Holloway

Stanley Holloway

Gravedigger

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Media

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes • 1970 • Theatrical Trailer

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes • 1970 • Theatrical Trailer

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer

THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Masters of Cinema) New & Exclusive Trailer

Dan Ireland on THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

Dan Ireland on THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on June 2, 2019

Sherlock Holmes the Man Vs Sherlock Holmes the Legend.

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is directed by Billy Wilder who co-writes the screenplay and story with I. A. L. Diamond. Based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle, it stars Robert Stephens, Geneviève Page, Colin Blakely, Christopher Lee & Irene Handl. Miklós Rózsa scores the music and cinematography is by Christopher Challis.

There were cases that Sherlock Holmes worked on that were deemed of a "scandalous nature" and not for public knowledge. But Dr. Watson made journals, and as Watson's private deposit box is opened some 50 years later, one such journal now sheds light on one particular tricky case, and one that also delved deep into the private life of the greatest of sleuths.

Billy Wilder film's rarely need...

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