“Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper! Here comes the original caped crusader!”
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.
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John Neville
Sherlock Holmes
Known for
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Fifth Element
Donald Houston
Doctor Watson
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Room at the Top
John Fraser
Lord Carfax
Known for
Repulsion
El Cid
Anthony Quayle
Doctor Murray
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
The Wrong Man
Barbara Windsor
Annie Chapman
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
EastEnders
Adrienne Corri
Angela
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Vampire Circus
Frank Finlay
Inspector Lestrade
Known for
The Pianist
Lifeforce
Judi Dench
Sally
Known for
Skyfall
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Barry Jones
Duke of Shires
Known for
Brigadoon
War and Peace
Robert Morley
Mycroft Holmes
Known for
The African Queen
Around the World in 80 Days
Edina Ronay
Mary Keller
Known for
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Charles Regnier
Joseph Beck
Known for
Angelique
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James Hill Director · Donald Ford Screenplay Derek Ford Screenplay
United States release August 10, 1966 · Produced in United Kingdom · Languages English, Italian
Production
Compton Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 1, 1965
Theatrical
United States · August 10, 1966
Theatrical
France
January 11, 1967 · Theatrical
Germany
January 14, 1966 · Theatrical
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