Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery
Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery | |
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Genre | Crime Mystery |
Written by | Kingsley Amis |
Directed by | James Cellan Jones |
Starring | Edward Fox Elaine Taylor Christopher Cazenove |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Mark Shivas |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC |
Release | 27 December 1974 |
Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery is a 1974 British
Plot
While Sherlock Holmes is away on holiday, Watson journeys to Darkwater Hall in the Cotswolds to protect a woman's husband from harm.
Cast
- Edward Fox as Dr. Watson
- Elaine Taylor as Emily
- Christopher Cazenove as Sir Harry
- Jeremy Clyde as Miles
- John Westbrook as Bradshaw
- Terence Bayler as Carlos
- Carmen Gómez as Dolores
- Anthony Langdon as Paul "Black Paul"
Production
Filmed at Stow-on-the-Wold,[2] Watson was portrayed as competent and intelligent[2] as opposed to the popular idea of a bumbling character as Nigel Bruce portrayed him in an earlier series of fourteen films. He is also portrayed as a virile womanizer as the character claims to be in The Sign of the Four.[1][3]
The film references
Reception
According to author Kingsley Amis, "the reviews were excellent."[2] Alan Barnes calls the film "part-deconstruction, part-parody of Doyle" that "ends up resembling a long drawn-out shaggy dog story."[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-02-861679-0.
- ^ ISBN 0-86369-793-3.
- ISBN 0-06-015620-1.
- ^ ISBN 9780857687760.