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Hands of a Murderer
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Wikipedia article
'Hands of a Murderer' is a 1990 British made-for-television mystery film directed by Stuart Orme, starring Edward Woodward as Sherlock Holmes and John Hillerman as Dr. John H. Watson.
Production
Filmed in England in association with Yorkshire Television, the film premiered on CBS on 16 May 1990.
The screenplay was written by Charles Edward Pogue who had penned the earlier Ian Richardson Sherlock Holmes films, 'The Sign of Four' and 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' and was initially intended to be a part of that series of films.
Cast
*Edward Woodward as Sherlock Holmes
*John Hillerman as Dr. John H. Watson
*Anthony Andrews as Professor Moriarty
*Kim Thomson as Sophie DeVere
*Peter Jeffrey as Mycroft Holmes
*Warren Clarke as Col. Gould
*Terence Lodge as Inspector Lestrade
Reception
Reviews for the film were decidedly mixed. 'People' gave the film a B review in its "picks and pans" column. Matthew E. Bunson in his 'Encyclopedia Sherlockiana' opined "this is a surprisingly disappointing production despite the best efforts of all concerned and lavish attention to detail." Alan Barnes in 'Sherlock Holmes on Screen' wrote that the film "is no more than a number of high-concept set-pieces linked by the flimsiest of stories."
References
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