The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

Directed by

Gene Wilder

Genre

musical film, crime film, comedy thriller

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 174 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Sherlock Holmes's less famous brother Sigerson takes center stage to solve a case with stolen documents and mistaken identities. He gets help from a bumbling assistant and a beautiful client.

whimsicalplayfullightheartedsillymusicalcomedicfarceenergetic

What happens

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 American musical comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear, and Leo McKern. The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script. Douglas Wilmer and Thorley Walters appear respectively as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Wilmer had previously appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s BBC TV series, and Walters played Watson in three other films: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Best House in London (1969), and Silver Blaze (1977). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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