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Sherlock Holmes - The Master Blackmailer

starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Gwen Ffrangcon Davies, Tony Broughton, Lee Clarke
directed by: Peter Hammond

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788604645
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0788604643
Label: Mpi Home Video
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 25, 2003
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 32162
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: May 06, 1993



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Amazon.com:
Based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's story 'The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton,' this two-hour 1991 adaptation for the most part sticks close to the details of the original. Holmes (Jeremy Brett) takes on the reputed king of all blackmailers, Milverton (Robert Hardy), who has made a fortune extorting money from the famous and the blueblooded and who routinely ruins others' lives when not pleased. Unable to talk Milverton into turning over letters belonging to Lady Eva Brackenwell, Holmes decides to steal them, going undercover as a plumber and even romancing Milverton's housemaid, Agatha (Sophie Thompson), to gain better access in the house. (The ethical Watson, played by Edward Hardwicke, is upset to hear of Holmes's deception of an innocent woman.) The story builds to a surprisingly violent finale, but the real hook is Brett's performance as the disguised detective and the startling suggestion that Holmes's close contact with Agatha truly moved the bachelor sleuth. --Tom Keogh



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Disappointed
I love Jeremy Brett and I love the Sherlock Holmes stories. I really love many of Jeremy's performances ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Does this come with a Libretto?
It's curiously lyrical. It wasn't Directed so much as it was Conducted. Especially the final confrontation ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Holmes the human -- almost.
THE MASTER BLACKMAILER is arguably the best of the five feature-length Sherlock Holmes films made by Grenada ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - not as good as "sign or Hound of the baskerville" however
If you're a Brett fan you have only so many choices. The master blackmailer, filmed late in his career, still ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A Very Dramatic and Suspenseful Film
For years this was the only Sherlock Holmes mystery in the Jeremy Brett collection that I had never seen. I put ... Read More

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