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Sherlock Holmes Films as rated on IMDb

posted 19 years ago by bombad_jedi
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Sherlock Holmes Films as rated on IMDb

Basil Rathbone
7.7 -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
7.6 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
7.2 -- The Scarlet Claw (1944)
6.9 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)
6.8 -- Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
6.7 -- The Pearl of Death (1944)
6.6 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
6.5 -- Terror by Night (1946)
6.5 -- The Woman in Green (1945)
6.5 -- Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
6.5 -- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
6.4 -- Dressed to Kill (1946)
6.2 -- Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
6.1 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

Vasili Livanov
9.2 -- Acquaintance (1979)
9.2 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981)
9.0 -- The Treasures of Agra (1983)
9.0 -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1980)
8.5 -- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979)
8.3 -- The Twentieth Century Approaches (1986)
7.8 -- Bloody Signature (1979)

Jeremy Brett
8.4 -- The Sign of Four (1987)
7.9 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
7.3 -- The Eligible Bachelor (1993)
7.1 -- The Master Blackmailer (1992)
6.9 -- The Last Vampyre (1993)

Peter O'Toole
7.6 -- Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet (1983)
7.4 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear (1983)
5.3 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (1983)
5.2 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse (1983)

Arthur Wontner
6.4 -- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
6.2 -- The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
5.4 -- Silver Blaze (1937)
4.0 -- The Sign of Four (1932)

Matt Frewer
5.7 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
5.3 -- The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (2002)
5.3 -- The Royal Scandal (2001)
4.9 -- The Sign of Four (2001)

Christopher Lee
7.0 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1992)
5.7 -- Incident at Victoria Falls (1991)
5.7 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)

Peter Cushing
6.9 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
5.9 -- The Masks of Death (1984)

Ian Richardson
6.6 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
6.2 -- The Sign of Four (1983)

Martin Fric
7.9 -- Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmese (aka Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes) (1932)

Joaquim de Almeida
7.7 -- Xangô de Baker Street, O (aka The Xango from Baker Street) (2001)

Hans Albers
7.6 -- Mann, der Sherlock Holmes war, Der (aka The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes) (1937)

Robert Stephens
7.4 -- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

Tom Baker
7.3 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) (mini)

Frank Langella
7.3 -- Sherlock Holmes (1981)

Rupert Everett
7.1 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)

Alan Arkin
6.8 -- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Christopher Plummer
6.7 -- Murder by Decree (1979)

John Neville
6.7 -- A Study in Terror (1965)

Richard Roxburgh
6.5 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

Michael Caine
6.5 -- Without a Clue (1988)

Nicholas Rowe
6.4 -- Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

Daniel Benzali
6.3 -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)

Colin Skinner
6.2 -- Ups & Downs (1981)

James D'Arcy
6.2 -- Case of Evil (2002)

Reginald Owen
6.1 -- A Study in Scarlet (1933)

Edward Woodward
5.8 -- Hands of a Murderer (1990)

Anthony Higgins
5.7 -- Sherlock Holmes Returns (1993)

Roger Moore
5.6 -- Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)

Clive Brook
5.4 -- Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Charlton Heston
5.1 -- The Crucifer of Blood (1991)

John Barrymore
5.0 -- Sherlock Holmes (1922)

Raymond Massey
4.8 -- The Speckled Band (1931)

Stewart Granger
4.5 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)

Peter Cook
4.2 -- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

[–] Theo87 18 years ago

thanks for putting the list together. i didn't know there were so many holmes movies. out of those i have seen i've got to admit that i liked the 1959's version of the Hound of the Baskervilles with Peter Cushing as Holmes and Christopher Lee the most.

[–] tltl2 15 years ago

Thanks!!

[–] ggeff18 15 years ago

Excellent job with this list, Rathbone sure had a hell of a run. I do have to confess though that Young Sherlock Holmes (1985) is by far my favorite Sherlock movie.

OT: I am looking forward to the new movie, though I thought the trailer for it was dreadful, I read an early draft of the script and it was quite amazing in my opinion and very true to the Holmes character. There is an early scene where he meets Watson's wife to be that I thought was very well-written:

ON HOLMES as he looks across a sea of happy faces. He was more at home fighting in the sewer than he is in the Royale.

He finds Watson and Mary, and crosses the restaurant towards them, with the air of a wolf moving through a flock of sheep. All eyes on him.

Mary suddenly looks a little nervous.

WATSON
We’d almost given up on you.

HOLMES
(clearly a lie)
I had trouble with my tie.

WATSON
May I present Miss Mary Morstan.

Mary extends her hand.

MARY
I’ve heard so much about you.

Holmes leans down, takes Mary’s hand, awkwardly.

HOLMES
And I ... um I ...

Holmes’ failed attempt at small-talk becomes not-such polite scrutiny. Still holding her hand, he examines Mary with a prolonged, acute gaze.
Mary shifts, doesn’t know what to do.

Watson clears his throat. Holmes realizes what he’s doing, releases Mary’s hand immediately.

HOLMES
Yes, well ... I’m glad to see that you didn’t punish your student today. It never worked on me.

Mary is stunned by Holmes’ insight. Watson sighs.

WATSON
Why don’t you sit.

But Holmes feels compelled to explain, not sit.

HOLMES
Watson told me you’re a governess.

MARY
Yes, I am.

HOLMES
Your student’s a boy of 8.

MARY
Charlie’s 7, actually.

HOLMES
Then he’s tall for his age. He flicked ink at you today.

MARY
(horrified)
Is there ink on my face?

WATSON
No, your face is perfect.

HOLMES
There are two tiny drops on your ear. Almost invisible.
(trying to soften the blow)
India blue’s nearly impossible to wash off, anyway.

WATSON
Please sit down.

MARY
How do you know I didn’t punish him?

HOLMES
Well, because --

And then Holmes notices Watson glaring at him.

HOLMES
-- perhaps I should sit down.

Holmes sits.

MARY
I’d like to know. Really.

Holmes shoots Watson an apologetic look, but he’s in too deep to stop.

HOLMES
Your necklace and bracelet are matched South African diamonds from Asprey’s, flawless. Not ...
(beat)
... not the jewels of a governess. The lady you work for lent them to you. She wouldn’t’ve done so if you’d punished her son, not even if he deserved it
-- human nature being what it is.

Mary is beet red with embarrassment.

WATSON
(angry)
Some human nature is unaccountable. In my professional opinion.

MARY
Well ... I did ask.

Holmes and Watson sit in silence. Watson’s anger brings out the haughty worst in the detective. The awkwardness is rescued when the WAITER arrives with three menus.

As long as scenes like this are still in the film I'm hopeful that Holmes will survive Ritchie's migraine inducing style, though there is a strong possibility this scene was removed.

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“You expect to break me? Impossible! You broke me years ago. You killed me years ago...” - Manson

[–] practicepiano 14 years ago

Wonderful list, but this:

>>Alan Arkin
6.8 -- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) <<

is an error -- Arkin played Sigmund Freud. Nicol Williamson played Holmes.

[–] ghostfan 14 years ago

Great list - but there is either another mistake here or there are two movies with the same title

Daniel Benzali
6.3 -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)

I don't know who Daniel is, but if you are talking about the 1987 made for TV movie, Michael Pennington was Holmes and Margaret Colin played Watson's Great Great grand-daughter who revives a cyrogenically frozen Holmes - and it currently has a rating of 6.4 (which is too low)

Interestingly, Michael Pennington also played the VOICE of Moriarity in the excellent BBC radio shows froduced in the late 90's - with Clive Merrison as Holmes and Michael Williams as Watson.

There is also 1994 Baker Street with Deborah Farentino as "Dr. Watson" but not related to THE Dr. Watson and Anthony Huggins as Holmes (he played Moriarity in Young Sherlock Holmes)

[–] poppyooooo 13 years ago

Daniel Benzali
6.3 -- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)

I don't know who Daniel is, but if you are talking about the 1987 made for TV movie, Michael Pennington was Holmes and Margaret Colin played Watson's Great Great grand-daughter who revives a cyrogenically frozen Holmes - and it currently has a rating of 6.4 (which is too low)

Your point is well taken, ghostfan, but actually, Daniel Benzali was in the TV movie you mentioned. Benzali played the part of Ross.

And the rating for this movie was 6.5. A minor point.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093850/

There are several mistakes on the list but I think they are all minor points, IMHO.

[–] ghostfan 13 years ago

I still love the film.

I can't for the life of me remember who Ross is. The leads were Pennington, Colin, and the guy who played Tobias and Mrs Houston. Yes, Houston, not Hudson. Who was Ross?

When I answered the message before, it was 6.4. They do change!

[–] poppyooooo 13 years ago

I have never seen the film, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, myself but I hope so someday. But it does sound like "Ross" was a minor role.

Yes it was Mrs. "Houston" who was played by Lila Kaye. Lila made a career of making TV movies( 66 in all ). Lila Kaye, by the way, had a small role in the Sign of the Four( 1987 )made that same year. Lila played Mrs. Mordecai Smith in the Sign of the Four.

You are also correct about the changing of the ratings on here.

[–] ghostfan 13 years ago

I loved the Granada series, and recognized Lily Kaye immediately - If you can track it down, it is worth seeing.

I went back and checked after I wrote my message - Ross was a fairly minor role. The movie had a number of elements of "The Sign of Four in it, if that gives you a hint. First half hour is how SH ended up in the 1980's to begin with.

The movie was actually professionally released on VHS in the UK - and there is someone on I-Offer who is selling it - burned to DVD, of course. The seller's name is BaskervilleHall, appropriately enough - it is pristine and uncut. I treated myself to it last Christmas.

In the movie there is a funny earlier moment concerning Lila Kaye - when Jane Watson calls her from England to say she is heading back to Boston, Mrs. Houston is reading a mystery story "The Corpse danced at Midnight - " J>B Fletcher's first big seller!

I was sad to see the show NOT become a series, but apparently Michael Pennington wasn't - he said the location shooting in Arizona was sheer hell (I red this in one of Stuart Davies' books, - I think the title was Sherlock Holmes on stage, screen * TV - or something close to that. I would pull up the exact title, but I have a bunch of books on SH and right now my den is torn apart - I am in the midst of re-carpeting my floors!

I think there are a few cuts of the movie on youtube. I also thought it was a kick that Michael Pennington played Moriarty on the highly acclaimed BBC Radio series of Sherlock in the mid 90's!

[–] poppyooooo 13 years ago

Very interesting reading thank you very much for the info.

I tried looking up the TV movie on Amazon.com but it only has the Jeremy Brett collection of the return of sherlock holmes, which I also hope to own someday.

I will have to check out the I-Offer for it. Thanks.

[–] ghostfan 13 years ago

I just watched my DVD of the movie again - No wonder I didn't remember Ross's part that well- he only had eleven lines!

Hope you enjoy the movie!

[–] poppyooooo 13 years ago

So are you saying you would have remembered him if he had 12 lines? lol. That is so funny. No wonder you couldn't remember him. Unless I am really studying a movie I don't remember secondary people. Sad but true.

Take care and enjoy your day!

[–] ghostfan 13 years ago

LOL! I don't know if you would or not - but this part was sort of - well just one part of the plot, but I can't really say more unless you have seen the movie.

Entirely true though. Once in a while, if someone became famous AFTER being in a very small part in a movie, I can single them out, but not if they just did extras/small parts all their life.

Case In Point - Tommy Lee Jones. Admired his work in The Fugitive, Coal Miner's daughter, but I had no idea that his first part, with maybe four lines was in 1970's "Love Story." I just saw that this weekend. I was only 13 when the movie came out and I guess my mom didn't think it was appropriate. Anyway, the moment he came on screen, I thought "That's Tommy Lee Jones." Went to IMDB to check, and it was him!

Take care yourself and have a good week!