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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
(1975) Triple-threat Gene Wilder took Madeline Kahn and Dom DeLuise on location in Britain for this spoof. Leo McKern adds even more local color.
91 min., Color, Rated PG, not available
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
(1939) The longest-running Holmes of all, Basil Rathbone, is pitted against the ever-nefarious Moriarty; co-starring Ida Lupino.
85 min., B/W, $14.99
Dressed to Kill
(1946) Rathbone suspects music boxes made in prison workshops are connected to a stolen bank-plate scheme.
72 min., B/W, $19.99 Laser $29.99
Hound of the Baskervilles
There are five: The 1939 Rathbone/Bruce version (80 min., B/W, ); $14.99 a Cushing/Lee collaboration in '58 (86 min., Color, ); $19.99 and Morrissey's take-off from '77 that everyone hated, though it is one of the few
chances to see old Goon Spike Milligan in action (78 min., Color, not available); then two TV-movies, the first in 1972 with a bizarre cast including William Shatner (73 min., Color, ) and another in 1983 (101 min., Color, not available) with better choic
es like Brian Blessed and grand production values.
House of Fear
(1945) The Rathbone version of "The Five Orange Pips."
69 min., B/W, not available
Incident at Victoria Falls
(1991) Christopher Lee stars in an edited European TV-miniseries, with Patrick Macnee as his sidekick of choice and a plot involving diamonds and Teddy Roosevelt.
120 min., Color, not available
Murder by Decree
(1979) A big-name Canadian production headed by Christopher Plummer, as Holmes on the trail of Jack the Ripper.
121 min., Color, Rated PG, not available
The Pearl of Death
(1944) Another Rathbone entry, which inspired the Uni horror series "The Creeper," named after the star baddie of the story.
69 min., B/W, not available
Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
(1970) Billy Wilder's fantasy bio. Maltin's still waiting for the 3 1/2 hr. version.
125 min., Color, Rated PG, $19.99
Pursuit to Algiers
(1945) Rathbone sails the Mediterranean, with Watson along to sing "Loch Lomond."
65 min., B/W, not available
The Return of the World's Greatest Detective
(1976) Larry Hagman is "Holmes" the motorcycle cop, who gets sent in to talk to Doc Watson, the social worker, about his problem -- but who winds up believing him after all.
78 min., Color, not ava
ilable
The Scarlet Claw
(1944) Rathbone stalks the French-Canadian wilderness; considered the best of the series.
74 min., B/W, not available
The 7% Solution
(1976) Herbert Ross brings Nicholas Meyer's clever speculative novel to life with the help of some of the greatest actors ever, especially Robert Duvall as the put-upon Watson.
113 min., Color, Rated PG, $59.99 Laser $34.99
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
(1990) Lee & Macnee in the first of their TV-miniseries outings, along with everyone from Sigmund Freud to Englebert Humperdinck.
200 min., Color, $14.99
Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
(1984) This TV variation pairs Peter Cushing and John Mills, dealing with kidnapped royalty in 1913.
75 min., Color, not available
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
(1942) Rathbone and Bruce team to keep Moriarty away from a new munitions device.
68 min., B/W, $19.99 Laser $29.99
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman
(1944) Gale Sondergaard is the prime suspect in a classic "black widow" type mystery, with the unflagging Rathbone & Bruce. At least a second-favorite for aficionados. Best bit: the "hit-me-a-Hitler" shoot
ing gallery.
62 min., B/W, not available
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
(1942) The first of the Uni series with Rathbone, entering the War to do his patriotic duty & sniff out those nasty Nazis.
65 min., B/W, not available
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
(1943) Rathbone & Bruce play life-sized chess in a veteran's home.
68 min., B/W, not available
Sherlock Holmes in New York
(1976) Roger Moore stars in a TV movie, with Charlotte Rampling the lead femme. An original script has Moriarty cornering the gold market.
100 min., Color, not available
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
(1943) Culture clash in this Rathbone/Bruce entry, as Watson encounters bubblegum for the first time and Holmes hunts down the proverbial microfilm.
71 min., B/W, not available
Sherlock Holmes on Granada Television
Study in Terror
(1965) A more obscure and restrained variation on the "Holmes Meets the Ripper" theme than the '79 one.
94 min., Color, not available
Terror by Night
(1946) Rathbone on a bullet train through Scotland.
60 min., B/W, $19.99 Laser $29.99
They Might Be Giants
(1971) George C. Scott believes he's Holmes and Joanne Woodward play his psychiatrist, Dr. Watson, in this low-key comedy. Jack Gilford and Rue McLanahan also have one-liners to offer.
98 min., Color, Rated G, $59.99
Without a Clue
(1988) The old trooper Michael Caine plays a two-bit actor hired by Watson to impersonate the great one -- no, not Jackie Gleason -- in this farce.
106 min., Color, Rated PG, $14.99
The Woman in Green
(1945) A really Freudian Rathbone installment revolves around women with missing fingers, with an M/F pair of villains.
68 min., B/W, $19.99 Laser $29.99
Young Sherlock Holmes
(1985) Chris Columbus wrote this anachronistic "young adult" spectacle, one of the first to show the true promise of fully integrated computer animation. All the classic Spielbergian elements abound, even if they don't qui
te gel at all times.
109 min., Color, Rated PG-13, $14.99
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