The Masks of Death (1984) (TV)

Director:

Roy Ward Baker

Writers:

N.J. Crisp (writer)
Anthony Hinds (story)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller | Mystery

Plot:

Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There has been some mysterious murders...

Plot Keywords:

Death | Detective | Sherlock Holmes | Train | 1800s

Cast

Peter Cushing	...	Sherlock Holmes
John Mills	...	Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
Anne Baxter	...	Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton
Ray Milland	...	Home Secretary
Anton Diffring	...	Graf Udo Von Felseck of Purbridge Manor
Gordon Jackson	...	Inspector Alec MacDonald of Scotland Yard
Marcus Gilbert	...	Anton Von Felseck
Susan Penhaligon	...	Miss Derwent
Jenny Laird	...	Mrs. Hudson
Russell Hunter	...	Alfred Coombs, Derelict in Whitechaple
James Cossins	...	Frederick Bains, Shipping Magnate
Eric Dodson	...	Lord Claremont
Georgina Coombs	...	Lady Cynthia Claremont
James Head	...	Von Felseck's Chauffeur
Dominic Murphy	...	Boot Boy at Purbridge Manor

Also Known As:

Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death (USA)
Maschera della morte, La (Italy) [it]
Masques de la mort, Les (France) [fr]
Sherlock Holmes y la máscara de la muerte (Spain) [es]

Runtime:

Norway:72 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:15

Company:

Tyburn Film Productions Limited

Trivia:

Ray Milland replaced John Gielgud.

Enjoyable Sherlock Holmes tale

One of the main reasons for purchasing this movie on VHS was because Peter Cushing is in it, who makes a good Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes comes out of retirement to investigate some strange murders in London's sewers. He teams up with Dr Watson once again. The the case takes them to Buckinghamshire. They end up back in London and down the sewers again, they discover a lab where poison gas is being made and these people are responsible for the murders and are arrested.

This movie is worth having just for the cast alone, many of them ageing: Peter Cushing (The Curse Of Frankenstein, Star Wars), Sir John Mills (Scott of the Antarctic, Tiger Bay), Ray Milland (The Man With X-Ray Eyes), Anton Diffring (Circus of Horrors, The Beast Must Die), Gordon Jackson (The Great Escape, The Ipcress File), Anne Baxter (I Confess) and Susan Penhaligon (The Land That Time Forgot). All play good parts. Of these people, only Sir John Mills and Susan Penhaligon are still alive today.

I enjoyed this movie ans is worth looking at.

Rating: 3 stars out of 5.