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The Hound of London

UK 1994
produced by
Craig Bowlsby for Intrepid Productions
directed by Gil Letourneau, Peter Reynolds-Long
starring Patrick Macnee, John Scott-Paget, Colin Skinner, Jack Macreath, Craig Bowlsby, Sophia Thornley, Carolyn Wilkinson, Drew Kemp, Ned Lemley, Ed Belange, Kelly Dale, Rob Vanderbrink, Colleen Bignell, David Wood
screenplay by Craig Bowlsby based on his play, based on characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle, music by Mark Olexson, Steven Weakes

Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler, Moriarty

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Two men (Ed Belange, Kelly Dale) have apparently shot each other in a theatre, but for publicity reasons, the theatre's manager Campbell (Drew Kemp) hires Sherlock Holmes (Patrick Macnee), the legendary investigator who's definitely past his prime though, is more than ever a slave of cocaine and is plagued by fits of paranoia. Of course, he knows hiring him is only a publicity stunt, but he gladly accepts anyways, because the leading lady of the play the theatre is currently performing is his old love/foe Irene Adler (Carolyn Wilkinson).

Once at the theatre, Holmes soon finds out that the men who have died in the theatre have not shot each other but were murdered, he finds evidence that someone did some target practice on one of the theatre's seats, and he is actually shot at. Ultimately he finds out that the seat that was used for target practice is reserved for the King of Bohemia (Ropb Vanderbrink), whom Irene Adler had an affair with years ago (and whom she apparently was to unknowingly lure to the theatre), and he finds out the lead actor, Sterling (Craig Bowlsby), is Bohemian and would profit from the death of the King - and there is a scene in the play where he actually shoots into the audience, so he would have the perfect excuse for accidently shooting the King. However, it soon turns out the real brains behind the whole plan is not Sterling himself, but his co-star/director ... who now turns out to be none other than Holmes's arch enemy Moriarty (Jack Macreath).

The whole thing ends in a (not very cinematic) game of chess and a fencing duel at the end of which Irene Adler stabs Sterling dead to save Holmes. Moriarty though escapes.

John Scott-Paget plays Dr. Watson, Colin Skinner can be seen as Inspector Lestrade.

 

By many Sherlock Holmes-fans, this film is considered as the worst Sherlock Holmes-adaptation yet - which is slightly unfair, because at least Patrick Macnee makes a good Holmes. Sure, he doesn't look the part, but he nails the character of the detective who's past his prime, plagued by paranoia, but still brilliant if he has to be. But while Macnee is great, the rest of the cast is decidedly sub-par, and they are not helped by rather tired writing, a stagey directorial effort (after all, this film is based on a stageplay), and a very low budget (restricting the film to only two sets). One wishes Macnee would have had a better vehicle for his turn as Holmes, but he does make the film worthwhile at least.

 

By the way, before Patrick Macnee was promoted to Holmes, he played Watson three times, to Roger Moore in 1976's Sherlock Holmes in New York, and to Christopher Lee in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady from 1991 and Incident at Victoria Falls from 1992. Interestingly, he had run-ins with Irene Adler in both Sherlock Holmes in New York and Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady.

Macnee is not the first or only actor to have been promoted from Watson to Holmes, I can think of Reginald Owen, who was Watson on 1932's Sherlock Holmes and Holmes in 1933's A Study in Scarlet. There might have been others, too.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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