Product: Sherlock Holmes
Rating: 4.0
Low budget but good fun
"The Case of the Cunningham Heritage" is the ONLY time the legendary first meeting of Holmes and Watson has been put on film, and "The Red-Headed League", "Shoeless Engineer" ("Engineer's Thumb" made less gory) and "The Pennsylvania Gun" ("Valley of Fear" without the boring flashback) are ALL based on Doyle. So wasn't "The French Interpreter" but that's not in this set. Ronald Howard played Holmes in a likeable way, while H. Marion Crawford was an excellent Watson, and both are closer to the ages Holmes and Watson really were when they first met. The prints could be cleaner, but they're better than what's turned up on local TV stations and come in a nice package. Let's hope they put out the remaining episodes to complete the series. Watch for Michael Gough in "The Perfect Husband" and Natalie Shafer in "The Shy Ballerina".