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A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror

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

19656.21h 35m

Overview

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.

Directed by James Hill
Written by Derek Ford, Donald Ford, Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced by Sam Waynberg, Michael Klinger, Henry E. Lester
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Top Cast

John Neville

John Neville

Sherlock Holmes

Donald Houston

Donald Houston

Doctor Watson

John Fraser

John Fraser

Lord Carfax

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Doctor Murray

Barbara Windsor

Barbara Windsor

Annie Chapman

Adrienne Corri

Adrienne Corri

Angela

Frank Finlay

Frank Finlay

Inspector Lestrade

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Sally

Barry Jones

Barry Jones

Duke of Shires

Robert Morley

Robert Morley

Mycroft Holmes

Themes & Keywords

jack the rippersherlock holmes

About A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror is a crime, drama, horror, mystery film released in 1965 exploring themes of jack the ripper, sherlock holmes. Directed by James Hill, it stars John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser. 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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