movie

1988 · United Kingdom

Without a Clue

Tonight at a glance

Runtime: 107 min
Age rating: PG
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom

The story

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.

london
england
detective
alcoholism
victorian england
19th century

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

The bill

Nigel Davenport — Lord Smithwick
Peter Cook — Greenhough
Gregor Fisher — Bobby at Warehouse
Paul Freeman — Prof. James Moriarty
George Sweeney — John Clay
John Tordoff — Mr. Andrews
Alexandra Spencer — Mrs. Andrews
Matthew Sim — Real Lesley
Pat Keen — Mrs. Hudson
Matthew Savage — Wiggins
Tim Killick — Sebastian

Directed: Thom Eberhardt
Written: Larry Strawther, Gary Murphy

Production

Rating: 6.7 / 10 · 268 ratings
Studio: Orion Pictures, ITC Entertainment

If this stayed with you

Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.