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

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)

Trailer

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