Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace

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name = Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace


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director = Terence Fisher
Frank Winterstein
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writer = A. Conan Doyle (novel)
Curt Siodmak
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starring = Christopher Lee
Thorley Walters
music = Martin Slavin
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released = 1962
runtime = 87 min.
country = Germany / France / Italy
language = German
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imdb_id = 0056480

"Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace" (German: "Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes") is a 1962 black-and-white film directed by Terence Fisher and Frank Winterstein. It was a German-French-Italian co-production. It starred Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes and Thorley Walters as Dr. Watson. One-time Universal screenwriter Curt Siodmak ("The Wolf Man") wrote the screenplay, based on the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film is a loose adaptation of Doyle's final Holmes novel, "The Valley of Fear".

Lee donned a false nose to play the famous detective for the first time (he later reprised the role on TV). He and the rest of the cast were dubbed: Although it was filmed in English, the audio-track was recorded post-production by different actors, mainly American.

The film has a jazz score by Martin Slavin.

External links

*imdb title|id=0056480|title=Sherlock Holmes und das Halsband des Todes
* [http://www.kinocite.co.uk/18/1823.php Review of Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace at Kinocite]
* [http://bakerstreetdozen.com/lee.html Sherlock Holmes and Christopher Lee: An Overview]