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
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
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.
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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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