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Those Who Would Be Holmes

A Study in Terror

Directed by: James Hill

Screenplay by: Donald Ford
                      Derek Ford

Cast: John Neville
        Donald Houston
        Anthony Quayle
        Judi Dench

Release Date: August 10, 1966 (USA)

IMDB Storyline:

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.
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The Adventures of Gerard

Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski

Screenplay by: H.A.L Craig
                      Henery E. Lester
                      Gene Gutowski
                      Jerzy Skolimowski

Cast: Peter McEnery
        Claudia Cardinale
        Eli Wallach
        John Neville

Release Date: July 3, 1970 (West Germany)

IMDB Storyline: 

During the Napoleonic Wars of 18th century Europe a French Hussars Colonel is entrusted by Napoleon to be his special messenger.The colonel is sent to meet French Marshal Massena who is besieging a Spanish fortress occupied by British forces and give Massena a secret dispatch from the Emperor.Colonel Gerard accepts the task and prepares himself for any type of enemy or obstacle barring his way to Morales Fortress.The only kind of enemy Colonel Gerard is not prepared for is a beautiful Spanish seductress in the person of Spanish Countess Theresa Morales.Countess Morales is the leader of the local Spanish guerrilla forces fighting alongside the British against Napoleon.Her secret task is to seduce Colonel Gerard in order to steal the secret dispatches he carries for Marshal Massena.Not only French Colonel Gerard but also British Colonel Russell falls for her Spanish charms.The two rivals are ready to duel each other to death for Countess Theresa Morales' love and for their respective ...
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