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Bob ClarkDrehbuch:
John HopkinsKamera:
Reginald H. MorrisBesetzung:
Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Donald Sutherland, Geneviève Bujold (mehr)Inhalte(1)
Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes Christopher Plummer und sein Assistent Dr. Watson James Mason sind einem neuen, aufregenden Fall auf der Spur. Diesmal geht es um Londons berüchtigsten Frauenmörder Jack the Ripper. Bekanntlich wurde dieser nie gefasst, doch nun stellen die beiden Spürnasen eine völlig neue Identitätstheorie über den Schlächter auf Sie entlarven den Dirnenmörder als eine Bande, die im Auftrag höchster Regierungskreise tötet, um ein uneheliches Kind des Thronfolgers aufzuspüren. Die Hintermänner der Verschwörung können aus Gründen der Staatsräson jedoch nicht zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden. Und so geraten Sherlock Holmes und Watson in ernsthafte moralische Konflikte. (Verleiher-Text)
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Perfectly made and acted, but it could have worked better. And one purely personal (and also spoilery) complaint: I don’t like it very much when the ending of a film about a psycho killer reveals that the murders were the plan of a powerful organisation, it ruins the emotions.
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A quality picture that perfectly combines the best of Stephen Knight’s theory about Jack the Ripper (the same that Moore’s From Hell is based on) with characters from the pen of Arthur Conan Doyle. Although Plummer doesn’t make the best Holmes ever, the same as Mason isn’t the best Watson, but the strength of this duo is in mutual chemistry. Which is absolutely perfect, even making up for the fact that no deduction takes place.
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A superb thriller with an excellent Christopher Plummer as the most famous detective in history, who needs no firearm to defend himself. However, the main role here is played by the dirty and scary streets of London at night, shrouded in such a thick fog that from the opening shots I started to get a chill down my spine. The pace may slack a bit in places, but the duo Holmes-Watson was extremely likeable, the atmosphere quite chilling, and Bob Clark has nothing to be ashamed of for his contribution to the long line of film adaptations of master Doyle.
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