Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Derek Pykett
- Gipsy
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the opening titles the producer's name appears twice and with two different spellings. The first credit is "Developed for Television by John Hawkesworth", and the second reads "Dramatised by John Hawksworth".
- GoofsAt the end of the race, a photographer photographs the winning horse and its owner using a camera of the era with a cloth hood. When the lens cap is removed, the subject of the photograph was required to stand perfectly still for several seconds while the camera collected enough light in order for the image to be sharp. However, the people in front of the camera continue to move chaotically and the cameraman does nothing about it. The resulting photograph would have been nothing but an unintelligible blur.
- Quotes
Inspector Gregory: Is there any other point to which you wish to draw my attention, Mr. Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
Colonel Ross: But the dog did nothing in the night-time.
Sherlock Holmes: That is the curious incident.
- ConnectionsVersion of Silver Blaze (1923)
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A Real Winner
One of the best episodes from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" volume of the Granada series. Holmes and Watson visit Dartmoor (the setting of "The Hound of the Baskervilles") to investigate the disappearance of a missing horse with a winning streak named Silver Blaze. Along the way the Horse's keeper is brutally killed. The story manages to be really clever as it is fun to watch as Holmes is able to little by little piece together all of what happened. The solution to it all is satisfying as well. Jeremy Brett as usual reminds us yet again as to why he is the perfect actor to play Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth and Edward Hardwicke makes for a Dr. Watson of equal perfection. The photography and location work is excellent here too. I definitely recommend it.
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- ericksonsam60
- Mar 25, 2014
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