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Synopsis: Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't changed however: Holmes' crime-solving talents. Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments. Can the sleuths make sense of all this and solve the mystery?
Director(s): Billy Wilder
Production: MGM
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
PG-13
Year:
1970
125 min
434 Views


to stay and suffocate.

She's right. l am suffocating.

Oh, let me open the window.

Not from lack of air.

From lack of activity.

Sitting here, week after week,

blowing smoke rings...

staring through a microscope--

there's no challenge in that.

Personally, l consider it

a major contribution...

to scientific criminology.

How l envy you

your mind, Watson.

You do?

lt's placid,

imperturbable, prosaic.

But my mind rebels

against stagnation.

lt's like a racing engine

tearing itself to pieces...

because it's not connected up...

with the work

for which it was built.

Holmes.

Holmes...where's

your self-control?

Fair question.

Aren't you ashamed of yourself?

Thoroughly...

but this will

take care of it.

There was nothing l could do...

when he went on one of

his cocaine binges...

except hope and pray that

some interesting case...

would come along

to snap him out of it.

Why are you being

so stubborn, Holmes?

Why won't you go?

lt's the final performance of

the lmperial Russian Ballet.

The house has been

sold out for months.

Tickets are going

at a guinea apiece.

That's precisely it.

Why should someone

send us two free tickets?

Anonymously, at that.

Well, whoever sent them

must be in great distress.

The note says...

''Please, you are the only man

in the world who can help me.''

l suspect

it's some sort of plot.

You mean, somebody wants

to lure us into a trap?

Somebody wants to kill me.

Kill you?

That's right.

lt's a plot

to bore me to death.

l detest ballet.

But this isn't just

any ballet.

lt's ''Swan Lake.''

You know, of course, Holmes...

that swan isn't really a swan.

lt's an enchanted princess.

Mmm.

Fabulous woman.

Don't you think so, Holmes?

Who?

The great Petrova.

Very strong arches,

l must admit.

They say twelve men

have died for her.

Really?

Six committed suicide...

four were killed in duels...

and one fell out

of the gallery...

of the Vienna Opera House.

That's only eleven.

The man who fell

from the gallery...

landed on top of another man

in the orchestra.

That makes an even dozen...

in a messy sort of way.

Mr. Holmes.

Yes?

l am Nikolai Rogozhin...

Director General of

the lmperial Russian Ballet.

So glad you accept invitation.

This is Dr. Watson.

Nice to meet you.

You're enjoying?

lmmensely.

Tell me, Mr. Holmes...

how is your health?

My health?

Better consult my doctor.

Oh, he's in excellent shape.

Any insanity in your family?

Diabetes? Asthma?

Would you mind telling me

what this is all about?

Certainly.

Madame Petrova...

she has problem.

Can you be more specific?

Certainly not.

Liaison with a crowned head?

Compromising letters? Blackmail?

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Originally a physician, in 1887 he published A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels about Holmes and Dr. Watson. In addition, Doyle wrote over fifty short stories featuring the famous detective. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle was a prolific writer; his non-Sherlockian works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement", helped to popularise the mystery of the Mary Celeste. more…

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