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Lady Morcar (Madge Ryan) requests of Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing)
& Doctor Watson (Nigel Stock) that they find her Blue Carbuncle, which
was presumably stolen from her hotel room by handyman Horner (Neil
Fitzpatrick), who was arrested for it too, but denies to have anything to
do with it.
Holmes however declines the offer desite (or maybe because of) Lady
Morcar's urging, because the case simply holds no interest.
Rather, Holmes spends his time musing about a hat that was found in the
streets together with a dead goose, & tries to deduct the identity of
the owner simply from these clues (& is quite good at it too). But
then, the watchman, Peterson (Frank Middlemass), who brought Holmes the
hat, finds the blue carbuncle inside the goose ... & suddenly the case
starts to get interesting.
First, Holmes advertises for the owner of the found hat & goose,
& soon finds him too, in Harold Baker (Richard Butler), only Baker
couldn't care less when Homes tells him he has already eaten the goose
& can only offer him a substitute goose, no, he happily takes the
goose & isn't the least bit interested in the leftovers of the real
goose Holmes offers him.
So Holmes traces the goose back to the farm where it was brought up ...
& soon runs into Ryder (James Beck), who turns out to be not only the
brother of the farmowner but also the floor manager of the hotel Lady
Morcar was staying at. & Ryder almost immediately breaks down under
questioning & confesses that he & the Lady's maid Cusack (Diana
Chappell) were lovers & wanted to start a new life together, but for
that they needed money, so they decided to steal the carbuncle & work
handyman Horner into their plot as a tailormade culprit. But Ryder almost
immediately panicked & hid the carbuncle in one of his sister's geese
... not the best idea just before Christmas, when geese are traditionally
sold - & indeed, soon his goose was gone & with it the carbuncle
...
Holmes, finding his opponent to be not a master criminal but a confused
whimpering mess, lets him off after he has signed a confession to free
Horner, because isn't Christmas the season of mercy ?
Not really good, but a typical Sherlock Holmes-tale based mainly on
deductive thinking & a big portion of coincidence, that moves at a
steady ebnough pace to keep one entertained. & Cushing as Holmes is of
course great.
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