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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
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Director Billy Wilder here gives an affectionate comic spin to the great detective partnership, casting a wonderfully theatrical Robert Stephens as Holmes and a bemusedly stolid Colin Blakely as Dr Watson. Wilder was enraged when studio executives insisted on whittling the proposed four stories in the screenplay down to two as the idea for the film had always been a favourite of his. Holmes in Love (with Genevieve Page), though, is a sight to behold and The Adventure of the Mini-Submarine, featuring Queen Victoria, is bizarre and even wistful fun. The Baker Street set by the great Alexander Trauner is a superb piece of craftsmanship — an architectural metaphor for the film itself. TH
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Running time
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120min
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Country of origin
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UK
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Genre
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Mystery
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Billy Wilder, IAL Diamond, from characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Theatrical distributor
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Blue Dolphin
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UK cinema certificate
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A
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UK cinema release date
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December 2002
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