A Study in Terror

1965 95 min ★ 6.2 Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

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Cast

John Neville

Sherlock Holmes

Donald Houston

Doctor Watson

John Fraser

Lord Carfax

Anthony Quayle

Doctor Murray

Barbara Windsor

Annie Chapman

Adrienne Corri

Angela

Frank Finlay

Inspector Lestrade

Judi Dench

Sally

Barry Jones

Duke of Shires

Robert Morley

Mycroft Holmes

Details

Director

James Hill

Screenplay

Donald Ford

Tagline

"Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper! Here comes the original caped crusader!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Compton Films

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

September 5, 2024

★ 6/10

Now, in my humble opinion there will never be a better "Sherlock" than Basil Rathbone, nor can "Watson" be anyone other than Nigel Bruce. That's not to say that others ought not to try, though - and here John Neville and Donald Houston turn in OK performances as our sleuthing duo. This time, they are charged with solving the mother of all crime mysteries - the identity of "Jack the Ripper". A lot ...

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Wuchak

June 18, 2026

★ 6/10

**_What if Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson took on the 1888 Ripper case?_** This was the first of two films that had this plot. The second one, “Murder By Decree,” came out fourteen years later and featured Christopher Plummer and James Mason in the roles of Holmes & Watson whereas this features John Neville and Donald Houston. It’s more colorful and arguably has a superior cast of women, led by r...