The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Directed by

Herbert Ross

Genre

drama film, adventure film, crime film, mystery film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 112 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Sherlock Holmes is a cocaine addict who obsesses over a harmless professor. His friend Dr. Watson and brother Mycroft trick him into traveling to Vienna for treatment by Sigmund Freud. There Freud helps Holmes confront a repressed childhood trauma.

psychologicalintriguingperioddarkcerebralsuspensefulcharacter-drivenslow-burn

What happens

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1976 mystery film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Nicholas Meyer. Based on Meyer's 1974 novel of the same name, it stars Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, and Nicol Williamson. In the film, Sherlock Holmes is apparently a delusional cocaine addict. He harasses the renowned mathematician Professor James Moriarty for no apparent reason. Dr. Watson and Mycroft Holmes arrange for Sherlock to receive treatment by Sigmund Freud, and Freud uncovers one of Sherlock's secrets. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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