When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

John Neville
Sherlock Holmes

Donald Houston
Doctor Watson

John Fraser
Lord Carfax

Anthony Quayle
Doctor Murray

Barbara Windsor
Annie Chapman

Adrienne Corri
Angela

Frank Finlay
Inspector Lestrade

Judi Dench
Sally
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Release Date
October 1, 1965
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Director
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