Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
- Christopher Lee: Sherlock Holmes
- Thorley Walters: Dr. Watson
- Hans Sohnker: Prof. Moriarty
- Hans Nielsen: Inspector Cooper
- Edith Schultze- Westrum: Mrs. Hudson
- Senta Berger: Ellen Blackburn
- Ivan Desny: Paul King
- Wolfgang Lukschy: Peter Blackburn
- Leon Askin: Charles
- Bruno W. Pantel: auctioneer
- Max Strassberg: Harry
- Linda Sini: Gentle girl
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace is a Sherlock Holmes film directed by Terence Fisher from the year 1962. The script, which is very loosely based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel is based The Valley of Fear, Curt Siodmak wrote.
Action
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are on the search for the precious, supposedly laden with a curse necklace of Cleopatra, which disappeared shortly after it had been discovered by archaeologist Professor Moriarty in Egypt. You suspect that the brilliant but unscrupulous scientists in the possession of the jewelry is, but Cooper inspector from Scotland Yard gives this assumption no faith. The trail leads to Moriarty's expedition colleague Peter Blackburn, who unexpectedly came to money several years ago.
Criticism
Segnalazione Cinematografiche criticized, the film reducing the narrative to banalities and was a sloppy implementation with modest directing and powerful performance. On the other hand found the lexicon of international film, he was a The Evangelical movie watchers concluded as follows " amusing detective game in the guise of the century, which is quite close to the peculiar charm of Holmes adventure by Arthur Conan Doyle. ": " Lightweight Criminal entertainment without curing whose grumpy playfulness unfortunately the final touch is missing. "
Comments
Harry Wüstenhagen, who lent his voice in this film Christopher Lee, this part took over for another three additional Holmes actor, namely Ian Richardson in The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Sign of Four, for Nicol Williamson in No coke for Sherlock Holmes as well as for John Neville in Sherlock Holmes's greatest case.