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The Monday Film: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

on BBC One London

Starring
Robert Stephens and Colin Blakely with Irene Handl,
Christopher Lee, Tamara Toumanova, and Genevieve Page
Sherlock Holmes, accompanied by the faithful Watson, sets out to investigate a baffling new case which begins when a woman suffering from amnesia is fished from the Thames clutching Holmes' address in her hand. A clue leads our two heroes to Inverness. Is Holmes about to solve the mystery of the Loch Ness monster?
The most celebrated sleuth in literature gets a new look in Billy Wilder 's characteristically witty satire on the world of 221B Baker Street.
Screenplay by BILLY WILDER and I. A. L. Diamond, based on the characters created by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Produced and directed by BILLY WILDER Films: page 22

Contributors

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Robert Stephens
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Colin Blakely
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Irene Handl
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Christopher Lee
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Tamara Toumanova
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Genevieve Page
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Sherlock Holmes
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Billy Wilder
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Billy Wilder
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Directed By:
Billy Wilder
Sherlock Holmes:
Robert Stephens
Dr John H Watson ,:
Colin Blakely
Mrs Hudson:
Irene Handl
Mycroft Holmes:
Christopher Lee
Petrova:
Tamara Toumanova
Gabrielle Valladon:
Genevieve Page
Rogozhin:
Clive Revill
Old lady:
Catherine Lacey
First gravedigger:
Stanley Holloway
Queen Victoria:
Mollie Maureen
Von Tirpitz:
Peter Madden

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