The Hound of London
| The Hound of London | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Reynolds-Long |
| Produced by | Craig Bowlsby Peter Reynolds-Long |
| Written by | Characters: Arthur Conan Doyle Screenplay: Craig Bowlsby |
| Starring | Patrick Macnee |
| Cinematography | Gil Letourneau |
| Editing by | Bridget Durnford |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Country | Luxembourg/Canada |
| Language | English |
The Hound of London is a television film directed by Peter Reynolds-Long and starring Patrick Macnee as Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes.
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[edit] Production
The screenplay was derived from a play written by Craig Bowlsby[1] and first performed in September 1987 in Burnaby, British Columbia.[1] For the film version, it was entirely recast with the exception of Colleen Bignell who played Irene Norton in the play and the Queen of Bohemia in the film.[1]
Patrick Macnee was cast as Sherlock Holmes. Previously, Macnee had portrayed Watson three times: once to Roger Moore's Sherlock Holmes in a 1976 TV movie, Sherlock Holmes in New York and twice with Christopher Lee (Incident at Victoria Falls and Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady). This film made Macnee only the fourth actor to have played both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson joining Reginald Owen (Watson in the 1932 film Sherlock Holmes, and then Holmes in 1933's A Study in Scarlet)[2], Jeremy Brett (Watson on stage in The Crucifer of Blood and Holmes on television in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)[2] and Carleton Hobbs (who played both roles in British radio adaptations).[3]
[edit] Cast
- Patrick Macnee - Sherlock Holmes
- John Scott-Paget - Dr. John H. Watson
- Colin Skinner - Inspector Lestrade
- Jack Macreath - Moriarty
[edit] Reception
The Hound of London has been largely forgotten and while those who do remember it don't seem to do so fondly. IMDB users have given the film 3.4 stars out of a possible 10.[4] Author Alan Bates claimed the film was "Cheap, nasty and painful to watch"[1] and he described Macnee's Holmes as "a truly dreadful Holmes, wheezing out every line while resembling nothing less than an unshelled tortoise poured into a monkey suit."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 60. ISBN 1903111048.
- ^ a b Alan Barnes (2002). Sherlock Holmes on Screen. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. pp. 39. ISBN 1903111048.
- ^ Allen Eyles (1986). Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration. Harper & Row. pp. 86. ISBN 0060156201.
- ^ "The Hound of London". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107145/. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
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