The Master Blackmailer
- Episode aired May 6, 1993
- TV-PG
- 1h 42m
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7.4/10
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Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.
Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
- The Dowager
- (as Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies)
Henrietta Whitsun-Jones
- Daphne
- (as Henrietta Whitson-Jones)
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- TriviaGwen Ffrangcon Davies, who played the Dowager, was 100 years old when this was filmed in 1991. She died the same month it premiered, having turned 101.
- GoofsA Scotland Yard police detective is seen picking up a discarded weapon with a handkerchief which was not a common practice in 1894, when the film was set. Fingerprint detection was not adopted in Britain until 1901, if that was his reason. Actually, the gun was covered in blood and the policeman would seem to desire keeping his hands clean of blood.
- Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: I've had to deal with fifty murderers in my career, but the worst of them never gave me this sense of revulsion I feel at this moment toward Mr Charles Augustus Milverton.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre (1993)
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The best, from the best
Jeremy Brett is simply the best Holmes ever, narrowly edging out the great Basil Rathbone of course, and this is probably the best adaptation of a Conon-Doyle short story.
A length adaptation includes some new plot strands that fit in well to the surrounding drama and heightens the hatred one feels for Milverton.
Excellent performances all round, especially from Robert Hardy, and both Brett and Hardwick fully rounded and comfortable in their roles makes this a superb piece of drama.
A length adaptation includes some new plot strands that fit in well to the surrounding drama and heightens the hatred one feels for Milverton.
Excellent performances all round, especially from Robert Hardy, and both Brett and Hardwick fully rounded and comfortable in their roles makes this a superb piece of drama.
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