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.
Production
Fog-drenched Whitechapel sets that you can practically smell.
Acting
John Neville's Holmes: cerebral, arrogant, weirdly hot.
Director
James Hill
John Neville
Sherlock Holmes
Donald Houston
Doctor Watson
John Fraser
Lord Carfax
Anthony Quayle
Doctor Murray
Barbara Windsor
Annie Chapman
Adrienne Corri
Angela
Frank Finlay
Inspector Lestrade
Judi Dench
Sally
Barry Jones
Duke of Shires
Robert Morley
Mycroft Holmes
Edina Ronay
Mary Keller
Charles Regnier
Joseph Beck
Cecil Parker
Prime Minister
Georgia Brown
Singer
Dudley Foster
Home Secretary
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year as 'A Study in Terror' the novel, which was written *after* the screenplay—rare reverse adaptation.
This film helped spark the 1960s Ripper revival, influencing everything from 'From Hell' to heavy metal album covers.
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