The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film)
- Nicol Williamson: Sherlock Holmes
- Robert Duvall: Dr. Watson
- Laurence Olivier: Professor Moriarty
- Alan Arkin: Sigmund Freud
- Vanessa Redgrave: Lola Deveraux
- Samantha Eggar: Mary Morstan Watson
- Jeremy Kemp: Baron von Leinsdorf
- Charles Gray: Mycroft Holmes
- Régine: Madame
- Georgia Brown: Mrs. Freud
- Anna Quayle: Freda
- Jill Townsend: Mrs. Holmes
- John Bird: Berger
- Alison Leggatt: Mrs. Hudson
- Erik Chitty: The Butler
- Erich Padalewski: station-master
No coke for Sherlock Holmes is a British film from 1976, in which Herbert Ross directed. The film is based on the book The Seven -Per- Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer from 1974, which in German in 1976 also titled No coke for Sherlock Holmes appeared in 1995 and reissued under the title Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Sigmund Freud.
Action
Sherlock Holmes takes refuge with the help of cocaine in delusions of a super criminal, Professor Moriarty, who in truth, however, was the former tutor to the Holmes family and is a lover of Holmes ' mother to blame for their violent death. Dr. Watson and Mycroft Holmes manages to lure Holmes in search of the supposedly volatile Moriarty to Vienna in the practice of Sigmund Freud. This frees him from his addiction and subjects Holmes psychoanalysis. Incidentally solve Holmes, Watson and Freud in the Austrian capital to another case involving a patient of Freud. Holmes brings this joy in the art of accurate forensic observation. When Watson asks at the end, how to tell his readers this story now, Holmes suggests to him to invent something about Holmes ' death in battle with Moriarty, so the detective for a while have rest from the public. This is an allusion to the original story The Final Problem (English title: The last issue ).
Reviews
"Does joy, Watching, as the movie plays in the Belle Epoque, the period that the Orient- Express. Good performer, successful decor, a great camera and worth seeing costumes provide something in this other Holmes story for great entertainment. "
" Stylishly staged, equipped and photographed Criminal Chamber match, which gradually increases the fun entertainment with brilliant performances of the actors. "
Awards
The film received a 1977 Saturn Award nomination for Best Fantasy Film, as well as two Academy Award nominations (costumes and screenplay).
Soundtrack
- John Addison: The Seven -Per- Cent Solution. Original Motion Picture Score. Citadel Records, Burbank s.a., Media no. CT -JA -1 - stereophonic original recording of the film music under the baton of the composer (LP)