The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- Directed by
- Billy Wilder
- Genre
- comedy film, crime film, mystery film, thriller film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 05m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 337 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film shows a version of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson who are more human and flawed than the famous stories suggest. Holmes takes on a case involving a missing husband, a Russian ballerina, and a mysterious creature in Loch Ness.
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What happens
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision written and produced by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and directed by Wilder. Starring Robert Stephens as Holmes and Colin Blakely as Doctor Watson, the film offers an affectionate, slightly parodic look at Sherlock Holmes, and draws a distinction between the "real" Holmes and the character portrayed by Watson in his stories for The Strand magazine. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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