A Study in Terror (1965)
Fascinating Sherlock Holmes film where the great detective and faithful friend Dr. Watson get involved in the Jack the Ripper case.
John Neville makes for a rather fine Sherlock Holmes and it's a pity this was his one and only performance but Donald Houston's Watson gets lost in a role that is only sporadically well written. On the whole the casting is good in this Tony Tenser production. Frank Finlay is memorable as Inspector Lestrade (Wonder where Abberline is?) and Robert Morley plays Mycroft like only Morley can plus he also gets a scene with the wonderful Cecil Parker.
Playing out as much a Gothic horror as it is a Holmes story, the film features some gruesome murders for 1965 and thankfully dispatches the typically whiny, one dimensional Barbara Windsor, quite quickly at the hands of the ripper.
Pacy and involving, i rather like A Study in Terror.
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