Without a Clue
“The flip side of Sherlock Holmes”
Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.
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Cast
32 people
Michael Caine
Sherlock Holmes
Known for
Interstellar
Batman Begins
Ben Kingsley
Dr. John Watson
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Schindler's List
Shutter Island
Jeffrey Jones
Inspector Lestrade
Known for
The Devil's Advocate
Beetlejuice
Lysette Anthony
Impostor Leslie Giles
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Krull
Look Who's Talking Now!
Nigel Davenport
Lord Smithwick
Known for
Phase IV
Nighthawks
Peter Cook
Greenhough
Known for
The Princess Bride
Bedazzled
Gregor Fisher
Bobby at Warehouse
Known for
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Love Actually
Paul Freeman
Prof. James Moriarty
Known for
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Bible
George Sweeney
John Clay
Known for
Dom Hemingway
John Tordoff
Mr. Andrews
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alexandra Spencer
Mrs. Andrews
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Matthew Sim
Real Lesley
Known for
The Sandman
Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team
Thom Eberhardt Director · Gary Murphy Screenplay Larry Strawther Screenplay
Worldwide gross $8.5M · United States release October 21, 1988 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$8,539,181
Production
Orion Pictures
Production · Studio
ITC Entertainment
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 5, 1988
Theatrical
United States · October 21, 1988
Theatrical
United States · January 1, 1989
Physical · Orion Home Video #8733 [VHS] 107 minutes
France
March 14, 1989 · Theatrical
Germany
June 7, 1990 · Theatrical
Greece
December 15, 1988 · Theatrical
Japan
July 21, 1990 · Theatrical
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