The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
“The story is true...only the facts have been made up.”
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
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Cast
22 people
Alan Arkin
Dr. Sigmund Freud
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Vanessa Redgrave
Lola Deveraux
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Robert Duvall
Dr. John H. Watson
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Nicol Williamson
Sherlock Holmes
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Laurence Olivier
Professor James Moriarty
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Rebecca
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Joel Grey
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Samantha Eggar
Mary Morstan Watson
Known for
Hercules
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Jeremy Kemp
Baron Karl von Leinsdorf
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Top Secret!
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Charles Gray
Mycroft Holmes
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Régine
Madame
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My New Partner
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Anna Quayle
Freda
Known for
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Georgia Brown
Mrs. Freud
Known for
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Herbert Ross Director · Nicholas Meyer Screenplay John Addison Composer
Budget $5M · United States release October 24, 1976 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Production
Herbert Ross Productions
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
Production
United Kingdom · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · October 24, 1976
Theatrical
France
April 16, 1980 · Theatrical
July 2, 2026 · TV · Paris Première
Germany
July 22, 1977 · Theatrical
Russia
December 3, 2009 · Physical · DVD «New Disc»
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