The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Complete Collection) - 10-DVD Box Set

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (Complete Collection) - 10-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
1300 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jonathan Alwyn
Alan Cooke

Written By:
Julian Bond
Philip Mackie

Actors:
Peter Barkworth ..... Martin Hewitt (2 episodes, 1971)
Peter Vaughan ..... Horace Dorrington (2 episodes, 1971)
Douglas Wilmer ..... Prof. Van Dusen (2 episodes, 1973)
Ronald Hines ..... Jonathan Pryde (2 episodes, 1971)
Cyd Hayman ..... Laura Stanley / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Derek Smith ..... Henry Jacobs / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Kenneth Colley ..... Farrish (2 episodes, 1971)
Petronella Barker ..... Miss Parrot (2 episodes, 1971)
John Nettleton ..... Admiral Christador / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Charles Lloyd Pack ..... Judge / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
James Cairncross ..... Briggs / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Paul Whitsun-Jones ..... Fat man / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Robert Hartley ..... Doctor / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Edward Dentith ..... Sir Edward Markham / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Clifford Parrish ..... Dr. Ewing / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Michael Cashman ..... Asst. Purser Robbins / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
John Dawson ..... Insp. Fullalove / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
John Gatrell ..... Jeweller / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Barry Ashton ..... Buller's bank clerk / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Joe Dunlop ..... P.C. Oates / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Maurice Quick ..... The Magistrate / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
Susanna East ..... Girl (2 episodes, 1971-1973)

Synopsis:

Based on the best-selling anthologies of Victorian and Edwardian detective fiction, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes features the world-famous consulting detective's fictional rivals in the fog- shrouded crime capital of London. Set in the three decades before the Great War, each story dealt with an individual and perplexing case (and a different detective). This top-flight, BAFTA-winning series attracted an incredible array of talent, including John Thaw, Derek Jacobi, Michael Sheard, Richard Beckinsale, Robert Stephens, Peter Vaughan, Roy Dotrice, Donald Pleasence, Ronald Hines, Peter Barkworth and Donald Sinden. This 8 DVD set contains the 26 high quality episodes that made up the complete series.
Season 1
A Message from the Deep Sea
The Missing Witness Sensation
The Affair of the Avalanche Bicycle & Tyre Co. Ltd.
The Duchess of Wiltshire's Diamonds
The Horse of the Invisible
The Case of the Mirror of Portugal
Madame Sara
The Case of the Dixon Torpedo
The Woman in the Big Hat
The Affair of the Tortoise
The Assyrian rejuvenator
The Ripening Rubies
The Case of Laker, Absconded
Season 2
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
Five Hundred Carats
Cell 13
The Secret of the Magnifique
The Absent-Minded Coterie
The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Holst
The Superfluous Finger
Anonymous Letters
The Moabite Cypher
The Secret of the Foxhunter
The Missing Q.C.s
The Looting of the Species Room
The Mystery of the Amber Beads

This British TV series, shot almost entirely on videotape, dramatized short mystery fiction by authors who were contemporaries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Many of these authors were virtually unknown to modern audiences, although all of the detectives portrayed had appeared in popular ongoing series of short stories or novels. 'Rivals' featured the only dramatizations to date of such period characters as Jacques Futrelle's 'The Thinking Machine' and W. H. Hodgson's 'Carnacki The Ghost Finder'. Production values were high, although the limitations of early '70's video technology are painfully obvious. The casts included the cream of British television's character actors, featuring a few faces that will be recognizable to American audiences.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 23 April, 2021.