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The Case of the Red Headed League
Episode 11 Directed by: Sheldon Reynolds Screenplay by: Lou Morheim Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan Eugene Deckers Release Date: December 27, 1954 IMDB Storyline: After Sherlock Holmes fires a revolver several times as part of an experiment, Dr. Watson finds a man who has fainted outside their flat after hearing the shots. The man is a shopkeeper named Wilson who has come to consult Holmes, and when he comes to, he tells his story. The assistant in his shop had drawn his attention to the 'League of Red-Headed Men', and had helped Wilson secure a position with the group. While his assistant watched the shop, Wilson was well paid for sitting in an office and copying out encyclopedia articles. When the league unexpectedly dissolved, Wilson decided to come to Holmes. The detective dismisses him brusquely, but after Wilson leaves, Holmes tells Watson that someone obviously wanted to keep Wilson away from his shop for some reason, probably as part of a scheme to commit a crime. Holmes and Watson proceed to the shop to investigate. |
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The Case of the Shoeless Engineer
Episode 12 Directed by: Steve Previn Screenplay by: Lou Morheim Harold Jack Bloom Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan June Elliot Release Date: January 3, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are spending a restful day in the country, when they encounter a badly injured man who is carrying an unconscious young woman. They take the pair back to their flat in London, and after Dr. Watson has treated them, the man explains what has happened to them. He is Haterley, a hydraulic engineer with a business of his own. He had been hired by Colonel Stark and an associate, who wanted him to fix a large hydraulic press for them. He was taken to the colonel's country home, where their housekeeper tried frantically to warn him about Stark. After a tumultuous encounter, he and the housekeeper had barely escaped with their lives. From other details, Holmes deduces that Stark was involved in counterfeiting. Holmes, Watson, and Inspector Lestrade then set out to finish the case. |
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The Case of the Split Ticket
Episode 13 Directed by: Steve Previn Screenplay by: Lou Morheim Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan Harris Towb Release Date: January 10, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-excited O'Casey struggles to get his points across, but eventually he explains how he, his friend Albert, and a young woman whom he met in a bakery shop shared the price of a sweepstakes ticket, tearing the ticket into three pieces, one for each of them to hold. Their number won, and they each stand to win 8,000 pounds. But now Albert has disappeared, and unless the other two can find him by midnight, the ticket will expire, and then they won't be able to collect their winnings. |
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The Case of the French Interpreter
Episode 14 Directed by: Steve Previn Screenplay by: Lou Morheim Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan Lou Van Burg Release Date: January 17, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Dr. Watson urgently fetches Sherlock Holmes from his club, and brings him to see a French interpreter who urgently needs the detective. The interpreter, M. Dubec, explains how his services were requested by a man named Lattimer, who then abducted him and took him to an unknown location. There Dubec was asked to persuade a Frenchman to sign some papers for Lattimer and an associate, so that they can gain control over his sister's wealth. The case becomes more urgent when the criminals find out about Dubec's meeting with Holmes, and once again take him to their hidden location. |
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The Case of the Singing Violin
Episode 15 Directed by: Steve Previn Screenplay by: Kay Krausse Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan Delphine Seyrig Release Date: January 24, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Betty is being tormented by apparent hallucinations, the latest of which she refers to as a 'singing violin'. Her stepfather brings her fiancé to see her in this condition, and he tells the young man that there can be no wedding, because Betty is going to be declared insane. The fiancé goes to consult Sherlock Holmes, but he is murdered before he can see the detective. When Inspector Lestrade consults Holmes about the murder, Holmes recognizes the name of the dead man and also of the step-father, who is the lone surviving partner in a large tea and spice business. Holmes quickly forms a theory about the murder, and sets out to prove it. |
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The Case of the Greystone Inscription
Episode 16 Directed by: Steve Previn Screenplay by: Gertrude Fass George Fass Case: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan E. Micklewood Release Date: January 31, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an important discovery. All that Millicent knows about it is that John was planning to see Sir Thomas Greystone. She tells Holmes about her visit to Greystone Castle, where she was received coldly by the Greystones, and was told that they had never seen John. Holmes proceeds to John's flat to look at his research papers, and he finds a copy of a historical inscription that he then takes with him to Greystone Castle.Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an important discovery. All that Millicent knows about it is that John was planning to see Sir Thomas Greystone. She tells Holmes about her visit to Greystone Castle, where she was received coldly by the Greystones, and was told that they had never seen John. Holmes proceeds to John's flat to look at his research papers, and he finds a copy of a historical inscription that he then takes with him to Greystone Castle. |
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The Case of the Laughing Mummy
Episode 17 Directed by: Sheldon Reynolds Screenplay by: Charles Early Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford June Crawford Barry Mackay Release Date: February 7, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are going on a fishing trip, and while they are riding the train, they meet Watson's old friend Reggie Taunton. Taunton asks Holmes if the detective would mind helping him with an odd problem. Taunton's archaeologist uncle has sent him an authentic Egyptian mummy, and strange laughing sounds have been coming periodically from the sarcophagus. Holmes visits Taunton's home, and has dinner with Reggie, Reggie's fiancée, the fiancée's aunt, and an Egyptologist who knows Reggie's uncle. While they are dining, the mummy starts to make the noise, and Holmes quickly finds a very simple explanation for it. But in the course of examining the mummy and the sarcophagus, Holmes uncovers a more serious mystery. |
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The Case of the Thistle Killer
Episode 18 Directed by: Steve Previn Screenplay by: Charles Early Joseph Early Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan Kenneth Richards Release Date: February 14, 1955 IMDB Storyline: A criminal known as the 'thistle killer' is on the loose in London. For several nights in a row, he has killed a young woman, and has left three thistles near the body. Dr. Watson thinks it is the work of a maniac, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that there is a pattern. Holmes is not surprised when Inspector Lestrade arrives to consult him. Based on his study of the locations of the killings, Holmes already knows where the next attack will take place. Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade prepare a plan to try to catch the killer in the act. |
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The Case of the Vanished Detective
Episode 19 Directed by: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan Kenneth Richards Release Date: February 21, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Sherlock Holmes has been missing for two days, and Dr. Watson frantically summons Inspector Lestrade to help him search for the detective. The two of them find a letter asking Holmes to take a case on behalf of a shop owner, so they visit the man's shop. But the proprietor denies any knowledge of Holmes, and he also denies writing the letter. Watson's suspicions are aroused, and when Lestrade finds Holmes's hat and coat in the shop, they are sure that they are on the right track. |
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The Case of the Careless Suffragette
Episode 20 Directed by: Steve Previn Screenplay by: Charles Early Joseph Early Cast: Ronald Howard Howard Marion Crawford Archie Duncan Kenneth Richards Release Date: February 28, 1955 IMDB Storyline: Angry over the defeat of a women's suffrage bill in Parliament, a zealous suffragette seeks out an anarchist, and acquires a bomb in the shape of a croquet ball. She does not intend to harm anyone, but the ball becomes exchanged with a real croquet ball. It is used in a game and explodes, killing a member of Parliament. Sherlock Holmes is convinced that someone else is responsible for making the switch, and he sets out to investigate. |
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