An adaptation of William Gillette's play about the great Detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Acting
Langella's theatrical Sherlock—part matinee idol, part functioning addict.
Production
Faithful Gillette adaptation preserving 1899 stage mechanics.
Director
Peter H. Hunt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William Gillette's 1899 play invented the curved pipe and 'Elementary, my dear Watson'—neither appear in Doyle's original stories.
This 1981 TV film preserved Gillette's rarely-performed fourth act, which Doyle himself never wrote.
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