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The Devil's Foot
Directed by: Ken Hannam Screenplay by: Gary Hopkins John Hawkesworth Cast: Jeremy Brett Edward Hardwicke Denis Quilley Damien Thomas Release Date: April 6, 1988 IMDB Storyline: Suffering from depression and nearing a breakdown, Holmes is accompanied by Watson to Cornwall for rest and recuperation as they tour the area's scenic coastal cliffs and Neolithic sites. The tranquility is interrupted by news that an unexplained tragedy has suddenly struck three siblings while playing cards in their home. The sister has apparently died from apoplexy, and her two brothers are suffering from acute dementia with expressions of fear and horror frozen on their faces. Showing great will power, Holmes discards his cocaine hypodermic and scrutinizes those involved in the case: an estranged third brother, the local vicar, and an enigmatic big game hunter and African explorer. |
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Silver Blaze
Directed by: Brian Mills Screenplay by: John Hawkesworth Cast: Jeremy Brett Edward Hardwicke Peter Barkworth Barry Lowe Release Date: April 13, 1988 IMDB Storyline: Wealthy sportsman Colonel Ross asks Holmes to investigate the disappearance of his prize thoroughbred Silver Blaze, whom he wants to enter in the Wessex Cup Race. On the night in question the stable is visited by a gambler hoping to get some inside information on the race but is turned away by a loyal stable boy. After the boy is drugged by opium, the horse disappears, and the trainer is found bludgeoned on a lonely moor, suspicion falls on the gambler, but if he is guilty, where is Silver Blaze? |
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Wisteria Lodge
Directed by: Peter Hammond Screenplay by: Jeremy Paul John Hawkesworth Cast: Jeremy Brett Edward Hardwicke Freddie Jones Kika Markham Release Date: April 20, 1988 IMDB Storyline: Without a case to occupy his restive mind, Holmes breaks his ennui by agreeing to investigate the story of an amateur cartographer who stayed overnight at the rented lodge of another map enthusiast but awoke in the morning to find his host and servants mysteriously missing. Holmes finds he has a rival in the ambitious and publicity conscious Inspector Barnes, who sees himself as The Great Detective's peer and is reluctant to share information with him. When the Spaniard is found bludgeoned to death, Barnes suspects his mulatto servant, but Holmes directs his efforts in a different direction. |
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The Bruce Partington Plans
Directed by: John Gorrie Screenplay by: John Hawkesworth Cast: Jeremy Brett Edward Hardwicke Charles Gray Denis Lill Release Date: April 27, 1988 IMDB Storyline: After a civil servant at the Naval Patent Office is found with his head crushed adjacent to the open-air tracks of the London Underground, Holmes' brother Mycroft enlists Sherlock's help on the case The murdered man has apparently stolen top-secret plans for ten components of a new, state-of-the-art submarine, but only seven of the less important design plans are found on the body. Holmes and Watson are entrusted to find the three critically important missing blueprints. |
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