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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision written and produced by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and directed by Wilder. The film offers an affectionate, slightly parodic look at Sherlock Holmes , and draws a distinction between the "real" Holmes and the character portrayed by Watson in his stories for ...
Oct 29, 1970 · The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes: Directed by Billy Wilder. With Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page, Christopher Lee. When a bored Holmes eagerly takes the case of Gabrielle Valladon after an attempt on her life, the search for her missing husband leads to Loch Ness and the legendary monster.
A bored Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens) meets Madame Petrova (Tamara Toumanova), a famed ballerina, who tries to seduce him, hoping that their child will have her body and his brains. He...
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Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
From the collaborative genius of writer/director Billy Wilder comes this highly entertaining mystery that unfolds from Dr. Watson's (Colin Blakely) diary involving the great Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens). 607 IMDb 7.0 2 h 5 min 1970. X-Ray PG-13. Comedy · Adventure · Cerebral · Exciting.
Roger Ebert February 23, 1971. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Billy Wilder's "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" is disappointingly lacking in bite and sophistication, the first two qualities we'd expect from the director of "The Apartment" and "The Fortune Cookie."
PG-13. YouTube Movies & TV. 179M subscribers. Subscribed. 475. Director Billy Wilder adds a new and intriguing twist to the personality of intrepid detective Sherlock Holmes. One thing hasn't...
