Murder by Decree

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Directed by

Bob Clark

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Christopher Plummer
Sherlock Holmes

James Mason
Dr. John H. Watson

David Hemmings
Inspector Foxborough

Susan Clark
Mary Kelly

Anthony Quayle
Sir Charles Warren

John Gielgud
Prime Minister Lord Salisbury

Frank Finlay
Inspector Lestrade

Donald Sutherland
Robert Lees

Written by

Arthur Conan Doyle
characters

John Hopkins
screenplay

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Description: Murder by Decree with its lavish sets and period detail puts before us a society at odds with itself — warfare between the classes, clashing political programs, and widespread confusion abut sex and insanity. John Hopkins's screenplay touches upon these matters and others (parapsychology, freemasonry) with just enough lightness to bring them into vivid focus. Christopher Plummer is excellent as the famous sleuth known for his eye for details and his laser-sharp concentration. James Mason steals the picture with a wonderfully modulated performance as Watson — a persnickety, slow-moving, Socratic dandy. Also featured in thi ... (more)

Release date: 9 February 1979
UPC: 013131213393