And thus a great literary collaboration begins. Watson needs a flat-mate and a diversion. Watson, a military surgeon lately returned from the Afghan War. I'll give this one four stars for a job well done by the ensemble cast.Arthur Conan Doyle's Study in Scarlet is the first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world's best-known detective, and the first narrative by Holmes's Boswell, the unassuming Dr.
Bevan in TERROR BY NIGHT (1946) and Hobbes in SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH (1943).
I'll just briefly add that you will see both Billy Bevan and Halliwell Hobbes (who plays Malcolm Dearing in this film) popping up in the Rathbone/Bruce series of films. I wouldn't advise giving this one a miss, but for those who grew up on later interpretations of the character of Holmes will need to adjust your sensibilities a bit. Warburton Gamble's Watson is above average also. BUT it has some redeeming qualities which should be mentioned: Billy Bevan as the bibulous Will Swallow is great fun to watch, Alan Dinehart as the villanous Thaddeus Merridew is suitably sinister, and Anna May Wong as the sleekly seductive widow of Captain Pyke (or IS she?) is perfection. Actually, it's the other way 'round, if anything, since this film appeared in 1933 and Agatha Christie's TEN LITTLE INDIANS (not the original title btw.that has been sanitized to remove the "N word" that originally appeared after LITTLE) was not published until 1939.īut ok, this film is not the best. One reviewer comments that the writers borrowed some material from Dame Agatha Christie. OK, are we all confused?īack to this version of A STUDY IN SCARLET. Bombay from BEWITCHED) while Cushing's in the Hammer Hound was Andre Morell who worked with the daughter of Cushing's OTHER Watson (John Mills) in THE MOONSPINNERS.
Granger's Watson was Bernard Fox (forever beloved as Dr. (They both appeared as Holmes in THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES-different VERSIONS, of course and Cushing went on to play the part on British televison with Hayley Mills' dad as his Watson. Peter Cushing and Stewart Granger come to mind. He's not PHYSICALLY right for the part, of course, being built more like Mycroft than Sherlock.but other actors who may not have matched the physical description have managed rather well despite that. Reginald Owen is NOT the best screen Holmes.but he's really not the worst, either. I tend to agree with the other reviewers on this one.
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