Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace( German:" Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes") is a 1962 mystery film directed by Terence Fisher.
It was a West German- French- Italian international co-production.
The film starred Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes and Thorley Walters as Dr. Watson.
Curt Siodmak wrote the screenplay, based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
George Archainbaud
George Archainbaud( May 7, 1890 – February 20, 1959) was a French- born American film and television director.
Hunt the Man Down
Hunt the Man Down is a 1951 American film noir directed by George Archainbaud starring Gig Young.
Terence Fisher
Terence Fisher( 23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films.
He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day.
His first major gothic horror film was" The Curse of Frankenstein"( 1957), which launched Hammer's association with the genre and made British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee leading horror stars of the era.
He went on to film several adaptations of classic horror subjects, including" Dracula"( 1958)," The Mummy"( 1959), and" The Curse of the Werewolf"( 1961).
Given their subject matter and lurid approach, Fisher's films, though commercially successful, were largely dismissed by critics during his career.
It is only in recent years that Fisher has become recognised as an" auteur" in his own right.
His most famous films are characterised by a blend of fairytale myth and the supernatural alongside themes of sexuality, morality, and ‘ the charm of evil ’.
Drawing heavily on a Christian conservative outlook, there is often a hero who defeats the powers of darkness by a combination of faith in God and reason, in contrast to other characters, who are either blindly superstitious or bound by cold, godless rationalism.
For detailed discussions of Fisher's work, see" Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth, and Religion" by Paul Leggett( McFarland and Co, 2002)," British Film Makers: Terence Fisher" by Peter Hutchings( Manchester University Press, 2013), and" The Films of Terence Fisher: Hammer Horror and Beyond" by Wheeler Winston Dixon( Auteur Publishing, 2017).
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 American musical comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear and Leo McKern.
The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script.
Douglas Wilmer and Thorley Walters appear as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively.
Wilmer had previously appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s BBC TV series, and Walters played Watson in three other films:" Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace"( 1962)," The Best House in London"( 1969), and" Silver Blaze"( 1977).
The Woman in Green
The Woman in Green is a 1945 American film, the eleventh of the fourteen" Sherlock Holmes" films based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Directed by Roy William Neill, it stars Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Hillary Brooke as the woman of the title and Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty.
The film follows an original premise with material taken from" The Final Problem" and" The Adventure of the Empty House."
This was Hillary Brooke's third of three different roles in the Basil Rathbone" Sherlock Holmes" films, after" Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror"( 1942) and" Sherlock Holmes Faces Death"( 1943).
Series regular Dennis Hoey's Inspector Lestrade was replaced with Matthew Boulton as Inspector Gregson.
This was Henry Daniell's third of three different roles in the Rathbone" Sherlock Holmes" works, following the aforementioned" ... Voice of Terror" and" Sherlock Holmes in Washington"( 1943).
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes( released theatrically as Sherlock Holmes in the United Kingdom) is a 1939 mystery- adventure film released by Twentieth Century Fox.
It is a pastiche featuring the characters of the Sherlock Holmes series of books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The film is an adaptation of the 1899 play" Sherlock Holmes" by William Gillette, though there is little resemblance in the plots.
The picture is the second installment to the series of fourteen" Sherlock Holmes" film series released between 1939 and 1946, the first being" The Hound of the Baskervilles", and the second picture to feature Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. John Watson.
It was the final Holmes film produced by Fox and the last in the Rathbone/ Bruce series to be set in the original Victorian London period.
The further twelve films produced by Universal Pictures and starring Rathbone/ Bruce would take place in contemporaneous times( i.e., the 1940s).
George Zucco stars as Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moriarty.
The picture follows famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Doctor Watson as they attempt to foil their archenemy Professor Moriarty, who targets a wealthy family and plots the theft of the Crown Jewels.
Harry Wüstenhagen
Harry Wüstenhagen( 11 January 1928 – 11 December 1999) was a German film actor.
He appeared in 45 films between 1953 and 1988.
He was born in Berlin, Germany and died in Florida.
Wüstenhagen was the German dubbing voice for Sherlock Holmes in" Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace"( 1962)," A Study in Terror"( 1965)," The Seven- Per- Cent Solution"( 1976)," The Hound of the Baskervilles"( 1983) and" The Sign of Four"( 1983).
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear is a 1983 Australian animated television film produced by Tom Stacey and George Stephenson.
It is an adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novel" The Valley of Fear"( 1914), the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson.
Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
Dressed to Kill, released in 1946, also known as Prelude to Murder( working title) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code in the United Kingdom, is the last of fourteen films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.

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