Violet Merville is determined to marry the man she loves, who Holmes knows has already murdered one wife.Violet Merville is determined to marry the man she loves, who Holmes knows has already murdered one wife.Violet Merville is determined to marry the man she loves, who Holmes knows has already murdered one wife.
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- TriviaRepeated references are made to "oil of vitriol." This is the old name for sulfuric acid, in this case thrown in the faces of women to disfigure them.
- GoofsIn one scene, Baron Gruner is listening to a recording of a baritone singing the "Madamina" aria from Mozart's "Don Giovanni", and the singer is backed by a full orchestra. Such recordings were impossible to make in the nineteenth century, when the story takes place. Until the advent of electrical recording (i.e., using microphones) in 1925, singers and instrumentalists had to stand around a large horn to make recordings, and the use of a large orchestra would have distorted the sound. Special "chamber music" arrangements had to be made of orchestral pieces to prevent distortion and overload. Recordings were made on wax cylinders then, not discs, and the quality of sound was far worse than demonstrated in this episode.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Baron Gruner: Oh. Oh, my dear. My dearest. I warned you; I said, "Do not go too near the edge."
Baroness Gruner: Why did you push me, Baron?
Baron Gruner: My dear wife... you, you're dreaming.
Baroness Gruner: No. Dying. Dying.
Baron Gruner: Oh, my darling.
- ConnectionsVersion of Sherlock Holmes: The Illustrious Client (1965)
Featured review
A caring Sherlock Holmes
The Illustrious Client is my favorite from the Casebook series. I love it particularly because of the fact that it shows a new side of Holmes. During the episode he is more caring and sympathetic than ever. He really wants to help preventing the new marriage of Baron Gruner only after hearing Kitty's sad story. Holmes is very emotive and understanding with her. She is a very likable character.
The story allowed Jeremy to show some of his own characteristics - in other episodes he has to hide almost everything from himself to play the master detective who is a brain without a heart.Jeremy was such a wonderfully versatile actor, who added so much to the character of Holmes and played him faithful to the Canon at the same time. The scenes with Watson and the ailing Holmes are fantastic, and Rosalie Williams is just lovely as the motherly landlady.
The Illustrious Client is another great addition to the masterpieces of Granada. A must see for all Holmes fans!
The story allowed Jeremy to show some of his own characteristics - in other episodes he has to hide almost everything from himself to play the master detective who is a brain without a heart.Jeremy was such a wonderfully versatile actor, who added so much to the character of Holmes and played him faithful to the Canon at the same time. The scenes with Watson and the ailing Holmes are fantastic, and Rosalie Williams is just lovely as the motherly landlady.
The Illustrious Client is another great addition to the masterpieces of Granada. A must see for all Holmes fans!
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- agni0504
- Apr 28, 2009
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