The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Collection
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: MPI HOME VIDEO
EAN: 9780788606052
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 0788606050
Label: Mpi Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishUnknownDolby Digital 2.0 StereoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Mpi Home Video
MPN: MPID7178D
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Mpi Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Running Time: 390 minutes
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 21, 1991
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Editorial Review:Product Description:Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 09/28/2004 Run time: 390 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:The six episodes of
The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes continue Granda Television's excellent series starring Jeremy Brett as as the ideal incarnation of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional hero, while Edward Hardwicke brings stellar support as the courageous, good-hearted Dr. Watson. The suspense is strong and the acting superb in
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax. Watson is taking a holiday in the English countryside, where he meets the charming Lady Frances and then worries after she vanishes from sight. As in
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Holmes puts Watson on the case and instructs him from afar. In
The Problem of Thor Bridge, Holmes is approached by an American senator (Daniel Massey, Brett's one-time, real-life brother-in-law) to clear the name of a governess in his employ, the lady having been accused of murdering the senator's wife on his estate and leaving her body on Thor Bridge. The solution is among the most complex and satisfying of the Great Detective's career.
Watson's proclivities toward gambling on horses open the door to the sprawling mystery
The Shoscombe Old Place, which finds a famous playboy and equestrian, Sir Robert Norberton (Robin Ellis), in multiple jeopardy. In
Boscombe Valley Mystery, Holmes and Watson are brought into an investigation of the murder of a farmer, whose body is found in the woods adjoining land owned by a wealthy property magnate. Holmes's investigation pulls the search in a wide direction, but the revelations are no less ghastly.
In the next story, based on one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's personal favorites from his Holmes canon, Sir James Damery approaches Holmes with a special request from an "illustrious client" (read: King Edward) to intercede in the marriage of an Austrian nobleman who almost certainly murdered his first wife. When Holmes is himself the object of a murderous attack; an outraged Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke) has to channel his thoughts of revenge into a bit of undercover work on behalf of the detective.
Finally, Holmes and Watson tackle one of their strangest cases in
The Creeping Man, which borders on science fiction. The Great Detective meets an eminent, aging physiologist who has been behaving oddly of late, but the greater mystery concerns who or what may be behind the nocturnal appearances of an ape-like figure that moves rapidly through trees, terrifying the locals. Holmes's pursuit of the solution leads to a stunning revelation in this taut and imaginative thriller that Edgar Allen Poe himself might have appreciated.
--Tom Keogh
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Hi I am looking for the rest of the sets. Can any one tell me which they are.? Thx Catherine
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great price and service. Bought for my wife she loves J Brett he is the best Holmes ever. Got her every set he made, we watch them all the time.
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Was a great fan of Basil until I saw Jeremy Brett. If you loved the books, you will absolutely love Jeremy's personification of Sherlock Holmes. The quirks, the genius, the bipolar personality, the boredom, the explosive indsight and action. He hits it all perfectly, as do both of his Dr. Watsons.
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Love to watch Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. I think that he is the BEST one to portray the Great Detective. I believe he is better than Basil Rathbone.
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I love sherlock holmes and all his cases, I give it 5 stars
arlene
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