Ending help
Who was the Ripper? My DVR stopped recording with ten minutes left. It stopped when Holmes found out the guy he was after was the Doctor's assistant. Much Thanks!
shareLord Carfax, younger son of the Duke of Shires. Be thankful your DVR spared you the last 10 minutes. It was ridiculous. Lord Carfax (Richard Osborne) attempts to murder Angela Osborne in her bed but Holmes stops him. During the ensuing struggle a fire breaks out and Carfax, Angela and Peter Carsten all presumably burn to death with the audience left watching Holmes standing in the middle of the inferno. Next scene we see him sitting at breakfast in Baker St. with Watson with absolutely no explanation of how he escaped. I'm very good at "suspending disbelief" because "it's only a movie" but this was just plain lazy. I think the whole point was he was trying to get revenge against Angela but didn't know where she was so he was picking off every prostitute in White Chapel one by one until he found her. Sorry if I offend anyone who enjoyed this. They aren't theatrical releases but there was a whole series of Holmes shows with Jeremy Brett as Holmes and Edward Hardwick as Watson that are about the most faithful and well done versions ever done.
WOW - Thanks - that ending does sound a bit ridiculous. I thought (up to the part of the fire) it was a fair movie. Although it had a bit of "The Wild Wild West" feel. I agree Brett as Holmes is the best. I still enjoy any kind of Holmes - if just for comparison purposes. Thanks again for the info.
shareThank you so much for the synopsis of the ending--I was in the exact same boat--DVR stopped recording. I was just checking to see if the movie was available on Netflix just so I could see the ending but no such luck. Just happened to check this site to see if they disclosed the ending in the movie description. (nope)
I love S.H. movies but can't say I liked this one but I suffered through it and at least wanted to know 'who did it'.
Mine stopped when they were marching through a very elegant room with (I believe) the eldest Carfax brother who was the derelict on the street (???). Where were they taking him? What transpired when they talked to him?
Which version of events was correct---the Doctor's or Angela's --she said her husband deliberately threw acid in her face and she made out that it was he who was the cad. The Doctor said it was Angela who ruined her husband's life and it was she who got the acid first .
You said it was the younger son who was the murderer. This was the brother who had given the medical case to his brother as a gift--he seemed a likely candidate from the beginning.
Thanks so much- not knowing how it ended was bugging me--now I don't have to track down a cheap VCR copy.
Glad to be of service. Yes, definitely save your money for something more worthy (in my opinion). As to your question of who’s version of events was correct, Angela’s or Dr. Murray, I think we’re meant to believe that it was Angela’s. Somewhere along the line Holmes says something along the line that Michael Osborne has paid for his actions. I think it was the scene where Holmes and Watson bring him back home to his father the Duke who had disowned him and suddenly gets teary eyed and takes him back. Another thing, one of the "clues" that lead Holmes to suspect Lord Carfax was the fact that he was able to put the instruments back in their correct places after they had fallen out of the case when they were dropped thereby alerting Holmes that Carfax had more knowledge of the instruments then the ordinary laymen. I guess anyone who could pass the square peg in the round hole test would have been a suspect. Happy New Year.
Thanks once again for clearing up the last few bits. I missed the part where they brought him home--I was wondering what that fancy place was where they were taking him but that was where it cut off. Interesting clue about the instruments. Whew, now I know everything and can rest easier.
As to your question of who’s version of events was correct, Angela’s or Dr. Murray, I think we’re meant to believe that it was Angela’s.
Hmmm, I'm inclined in the opposite direction. Holmes advises Watson that Angela's version isn't to be trusted, implying that Angela can't accept that she caused her own disfigurement and so transferred the guilt onto Michael. I can't see how Doctor Murray's account of Michael's good character and selfless work at the refuge squares with the notion that he was a good-for-nothing blackguard and blackmailer.
Something not addressed in the film is how Carfax picked up the requisite surgical knowledge, akin to his brother's, but I suppose his proximity to Dr. Murray could have afforded him some opportunity. share
Another one I would stay away from is Sherlock Holmes' fatal Hour (listed as The Sleeping Cardinal on IMDb). It was one of many that TCM played the day after Christmas (including A Study in Terror). The acting is dreadful.
shareI wonder why DVRs all over failed to record last ten minutes. They fail often as stations seem to go on longer than they are set up to record. It seems the TV Guide is the one at fault. It could be a conspiracy, but I'll wait and keep watching the skies for details on more.
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