The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (1976)

Directed by

Dean Hargrove

Genre

mystery film, crime comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A motorcycle cop gets a head injury and starts believing he is Sherlock Holmes. He teams up with his psychiatrist, who plays along as Dr. Watson, to solve crimes.

offbeatlightheartedwhimsicalplayfulquirkycomicaleasygoingamusing

What happens

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective is a 1976 American made-for-television mystery comedy film starring Larry Hagman. Hagman plays a motorcycle cop named Sherman Holmes, who, after sustaining a head injury, becomes convinced that he is actually Sherlock Holmes and partners with his psychiatrist named Dr. Watson to solve crimes. Dean Hargrove and Roland Kibbee wrote the film's story directly for television, intending it to be a pilot for a series that would have been titled Alias Sherlock Holmes. The film originally aired on NBC on June 16, 1976. The genres into which The Return of the World's Greatest Detective fits are comedy-drama and mystery-suspense. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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