The Sign of Four

TV Movie
1987
TV-PG
1h 43m

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Jeremy Brett, Kiran Shah, and John Thaw in The Sign of Four (1987)

The disappearance of a young woman's father and a mysterious note years later after the strange regular annual delivery of valuable pearls to her puts Sherlock Holmes on the case.The disappearance of a young woman's father and a mysterious note years later after the strange regular annual delivery of valuable pearls to her puts Sherlock Holmes on the case.The disappearance of a young woman's father and a mysterious note years later after the strange regular annual delivery of valuable pearls to her puts Sherlock Holmes on the case.

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7.9/10

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Trivia
The first episode filmed after Jeremy Brett began treatment for bipolar disorder.

Goofs
When getting into the police launch, Holmes and Watson pass the statue of Boadicea outside Parliament. The statue was not erected until 1902, well after the story is set.

Quotes
[last lines]
Dr. John Watson: What a very attractive woman.
Sherlock Holmes: Was she? I hadn't noticed.

Connections
Featured in Timeshift: A Study in Sherlock (2005)

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10/10

Possibly the best of the lot.

Among the best of all the excellent Granada/Brett Holmes portrayals. Careful use of locations, bold casting and holding firm to the original Conan Doyle story all combine to make for an excellent production, along with Brett and Hardwicke's ever brilliant representations of Holmes and Watson respectively.The production and direction pace the tale superbly well as Conan Doyle intended. The only negative (no fault of the production team) is that in the riverside scenes, the gentrification of London's riverside and disappearance of the riverside historical locations is apparent. All in all, if you are new to Brett/Granada's Holmes shows, or indeed to the Holmes stories in general, you could do worse than to start here with this excellent production.

Ronald Lacey lets a sly, dry fart slip out at 19.03 too as he smokes his shisha and gives the back story to Holmes/Watson and Miss Morstan, just as an amusing asides....