I like Jeremy Brett as Sherlock... I have watch almost all his episodes... But I like Sherlock Holmes that it doesn't matter who plays as Sherlock, as long as it does justice to the role.
Peter Cushing is definitely an underated Sherlock Holmes. It's also depressing that due to the BBC recycling the original footage, some of Cushing episodes are gone forever, similar to lost classic Dr Who episodes.
Anything with Peter Cushing in it is worth watching, add Sherlock Holmes stories & u have a match made in heaven. I remember him from his many appearances on the Morecambe & Wise show. He obviously had a great sense of humour as well as being a brilliant actor.
Aww. Yes. And he is absolutely adorable in interviews. Also paired with Vincent Price and Christopher Lee, you get the loveliest, kindest bunch horror icons in the history of cinema
Underrated by whom...you? Cushing is highly regarded in memory, past and present as a great actor. You put-down 'critic' types should straighten out your insulting rating system, it's childish of you. Clean up your language.
A Study in Scarlet is a problematic story to bring to the screen because more than half of it doesn't involve Watson and Holmes at all, takes place in the US, and honestly is a rather ineffective pulp story. However, the novel does contain the first meeting of Holmes and Watson, both in their mid- to late 20s at the time. That makes it difficult to cast the "traditional", older Holmes-Watson duo (like the one here); the alternative is that you skip that first meeting, thereby cutting out what is really the best part of the novel. Which is what happens here; the most crucial part is missing and Cushing's achievement notwithstanding everyone, including Hope, is at least 20 years too old in this film.
All the stars who portrayed the actor Holmes, and yes even those who delighted us with watsons sometimes naive and whimsical charm. helped to bring these delightful characters that we all love, to life. yes! I have my favorites. I admit. But so do you all. I am only going to say...Bravo to every one of them.
+LordWellington35 I've always thought that whenever in the stories Holmes is criticizing Watson's accounts of his cases IMHO he would always have had to had a special derision and contempt for the Mormon narrative near and dear to his heart. Especially when in The Sign of Four he refers to the just published A Study In Scarlet which he has read in a sneering tone "I cannot congratulate you upon it" and "You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism" which was probably about as diplomatic as Holmes could ever be with Watson concerning the Mormon narrative. He later on gets even more caustic towards Watson covering his cases with comments like "You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales." IMHO this attitude of Holmes would had to have started with the Mormon narrative in ASIS.
This was only a single 48mn. television episode, after all, and the whole backstory really would have required a good chunk of a feature length movie to develop properly.
@Starscream91 ACD was just relying on the prevailing opinion of Mormons expressed by other outside sources of the times. He later did apologize on his implied negativity.
This version of the Study in Scarlet follows the original story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle almost to the letter. The epilogue in the jail was one of the additions not in the story. Peter Cushing plays a masterful Sherlock Holmes.
One other thing I never really see discussed in any Holmes conversations - I have the complete Sherlock Holmes stories from the Collectors Library and not ONCE is he described as wearing a Deerstalker hat or a Tweed overcoat. And he ALWAYS smoked a black clay pipe, never a Meerschaum Calabosh. So, we have to thank the movie industry for making up an appearance that never was...
Look for the sketches by Sydney Paget that accompanied the original stories as published in The Strand Magazine. That's where Sherlock is depicted wearing a Deerstalker, and Watson wearing a Bowler. www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/doyle-arthur-conan-paget-sidney-il-5809056-details.aspx
Another sanitized adaptation of A Study In Scarlet. In the original story the villains are Mormans who chased the man and woman who tried to flee the church in Utah. She died and her lover pursued the men he blamed for her death.
Jimvanhise I believe that the producers were/are afraid to put the blame on a fictional story on the Mormans. Anyway, I remember when I read that book I was so exited. It was a real thriller. A lot of the story is missing here. Pity. But I remember that it was also about a group who were terrorizing a city. What was that about? Somebody knows, remember?
Meeen. I just read today my first Sherlock Holmes story "A Study in Scarlet" and I'm so disappointed that there isn't a movie based on the original. The fictional story of the mormans was so exciting.
Jimvanhise You are absolutely right. I read the story & this movie's script was so abbreviated it was worse than cliff notes! I barely recognized this. Talk about political correctness! In this movie, the script never even explained why the German "Rache" (revenge) was use. Lots of loose ends in this version & no character development for the audience to understand how truly evil the dead men were. Terrible version!
This was the first story Arthur Conan Doyle created about Sherlock Holmes, and they left out the most interesting part. It was just before this that Holmes and Watson met each other and came to share the rooms at 221 B Baker Street.
Peter Cushing always so watcheable ..... prvious to this he was Holmes in a TV series around 1965 ..... Grand Moff Tarken his most well known character, he was perfect in that Star Wars role.
Mr. Cushing is one of my favorite suspense British actors he could play a wide range of characters I think he should be knighted or should have been knighted. 👍
He was eventually knighted by the queen posthumously,His good friend Christopher Lee commented that it should have been much sooner.He really was a great, versatile actor.A classical scholar in his own right.
I do like this episode. Cushing is still the best Holmes, after Basil Rathbone, in my view. The plot is quite absurd, but the first scene with Holmes and Watson debating the anonymous newspaper article is worth watching again and again. Some good actors even in minor roles, Ed Bishop for one, and glamorous Edina Ronay, who gave up acting and became a fashion designer, just like Anoushka Hempel, who also appeared in Hammer film.
I personally do not like Peter Cushings as Holmes at all, but Watson is great in this series. Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes and always will be. Basil Rathbone was, if you look at the time period, very very good. Legendary. Watson played by Nigel Bruce was different and you should forget about the "real" Watson from the books and then you will like him. I do love him now. He make it lighter and balanced. Very funny guy. Again, it was during world war two and if you look back its amazing what they did. I also like Ian Richardson as Holmes but even better as Doctor Bell in the Murder Rooms series....
Ed Bishop , great actor and of voice actor too. Buried at Napton Warks. Not that far from me , I must visit his grave at some point. His voice work was part of my childhood " Captain Scarlet" to name but one.
I've been a fan of Jeremy Brett for ages and stumbled upon this looking for something to watch. Peter Cushing, in my opinion, is a really good Holmes! I also really enjoy Nigel's Watson. The production quality isn't great here, and some of the actors are honestly bad (I couldn't tell if the girl wanted to actually go with the man who was trying to abduct her or not. She seemed to enjoy it which was bizarre), but Peter and Nigel still deliver. I feel like the relationship between these portrayals of Holmes and Watson isn't as developed as in the Granada series- the camaraderie of old friends isn't fully there. They DO come across more like roommates, which is fine. I feel like the Granada series was just more dynamic and allowed itself to be fun in a way that a lot of film adaptations of Holmes doesn't allow for. Again, with all this being said, I get a great deal of enjoyment out of these films. I can see, especially in wardrobe and set design, what the people at Granada were influenced and inspired by.
The best thing about the Grenada series for me having read the books, is how they remained true to the stories. It is like reading the books when you watch their productions.
This is better than the book. The Morman story, which takes up half the book, is way too long. This film sums up the motive perfectly. It improves the work of Arthur Conan Doyle. Bravo. The offensive Mormon story in the second half of the book raises pertinent, unanswered questions. If Drebber just wanted the land, why not let John Ferrier and Lucy leave the Mormon settlement? If Drebber was a Mormon, where are his other wives? How did Drebber and Stangerson turn into drunks when Mormons don't drink alcohol? Where is Stangerson's wife? Why would so many in this religious community go out of their way to help reprobates like Drebber and Stangerson?
I'm surprised at so many negative comments here. As a fan since childhood of the stories, of Brett's interpretation, and Cumberbatch's too, I am very impressed with Cushing's Holmes, having seen this and the Blue Carbuncle. I'm surprised, because Cushing all but disowned his performance. He said he didn't have enough time to prepare, the productions were so low budget and hurried, and therefore he felt he wasn't at his best. Well, his second best is still very good, IMO. I'm glad we have these and grateful to find them on UA-cam.
Peter Cushing's handsome dose of finesse and subtlety in his Holmes portrayal makes for a very good rendering of the character but it pushes it gently yet sensibly off the Doyle's Holmes standard which is why he's ranked , in my opinion, the third best Holmes after Rathbone(the best of all time) and Bret (second best ).
@@derrickstorm6976 It's more than just the different names, the different visuals on screen, costumes and acting styles all create the illusion of a different person and character to the audience or viewer.
A brief comment on the different styles of the actors playing Holmes. The differences in the way Brett and Cushing play Holmes are not absolute. Yes, Cushing plays the quintessential English gentleman, however if you examine the subtleties of the mannerisms there are similarities. They both describe the mannerisms of the academic / intellectual, with genius level intellect, moreover Brett's Holmes more accurately displays the manic depressive tendencies that Holmes was prone to. Anyone who has spent time in the presence of artistic geniuses will recognize these characteristics in the way Brett played Holmes. Therefore Jeremy Brett's portrayal is more likely the accurate, however I enjoy them all in different ways.
yes there different actors trying to bring what they have an think what s. holems is. along with what Watson brings . also the people that see them react the same. some feel it as some don't.
@@edram4051 Nothing in the books. However, the slightly rolled R was an approved element of elocution in those days, and very common. Victorian and Edwardian sound recordings display it. It was still heard in well-educated people, I remember, up to around the nineteen sixties.
Cushing fans probably have already found the Peter Cushing version (BBC) of "1984", co-starring Donald Pleasence and Andre Morrell (!). But new Cushing fans ought to scope it out.
I enjoy Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes... it can be found on youtube... Brett and Rathbone were also entertaining... each bringing their own brand of uniqueness to the character, jmo
I know it was a troubled production, some directors also struggled with the new 625 Pal colour setups, especially the difference in lighting. Peter cushing wife was also ill while he was working on the series.
Jeremy Brett is the quintessential Holmes; Peter Cushing is also a great actor but didnt grasp the pure gold that Brett did. Peter Cushing's interpretation is akin to Basil Rathbones dry crackle at this role. Its difficult to describe why this rendition is hard to compare to Bretts only because the time it was shot. This is a 1968 movie/show I believe what has made Bretts better was the time is was shot in.
His performance is dry, and lack luster. Basil Rathbone was a terrible interpretation of Holmes. Brett nailed the mannerisms, and Watson wasnt an idiot.
Jay Gonzales yes Watson was.. the watson from the 1954 would have been better for Basile. Basile nailed the look the voice and the disguises he was so good that the Mouse Detective was named after him he will always be my sherlock you should watch the Scarlet claw
Thanks for the recommendation, I shall pass on it. You need to watch the entire run for Brett, ignore the movies they did he was not in good health in them. He highlights the mannerisms so well he might have well been Holmes himself. Brett is and most likely be the quintessential Sherlock Holmes of our modern era.
Jay Gonzales ok you do what you want to the movie is less than 90 minutes long so you ever don't know what to watch one day and don't want to watch something that is too long remember that Starlet claw
Beginning at 4:20 that is the same scene that is in the David Lynch movie Mulholland Drive when Naomi Watts is auditioning. The lines are not exactly duplicated but pretty darn close.
Very good, though I the lady’s false eyelashes were definitely from 1968 and not of the period portrayed, and the zoomed in close up at 41:58 was ridiculous and made the scene unwatchable.
Have been a Sherlockian since jr. high when I deviated from my usual science fiction at the time (the 60s), and picked the Holmes stories for a book report! I personally hated the Rathbone /Bruce movies because they always made Watson act & talk like an idiot, when he is far from it. In my opinion, casting Peter Cushing as Holmes was just WRONG!! I can't help but see him as either van Helsing or Victor Frankenstein! Cushing was a brilliant actor, but Holmes just didn't fit. I agree that Jeremy Brett was the closest to Conan-Doyle's concept, and he played it to a "T"!
Enjoyable, low budget teleplay...I like Peter Cushing in the role of Holmes (can't speak for the other guy as Watson...he was okay). Yes, excellent vintage 1968 British t.v. production!
I was looking for this episode with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunatlely I couldn't find it. Maybe I've got high excpetations after seeing Mr. Brett acting. But...... THIS is terrible acting! And the american accent makes it even worse.
Ooops! Sorry.... Just realized that Holmes and Watson aren't talking with an american accent..... It's just.... I can't keep watching it. The beginning spoiled it for me.
+Flavia Renevey They never did Study in Scarlet with Jeremy Brett as Holmes. They seem to have done all the other Holmes stories with Mr Brett but not this one.
+PShawtx They did all but 18 stories of ACD with Mr Brett. Unfortunately he passed away before they could adapt those. However given his ailing health he would have likely retired from the role if he had endured longer.
I wonder if Granada television ever made STUDY IN SCARLET with Jeremy Brett as Holmes. It would have been a treat to watch , not that Basil Rathbone was less capable. Only, it was felt by a large section of Arthur Conan Doyle' s readers and fans , that Granada team got closer to the characters of Homes and Watson and also closer to the writings with details on the pronunciation and the authentic phonetics of the English of those days
Peter cushing , nigel rathbone , and Jeremy brett were all brilliant. But Brett brings the real sherlock to life with his human portrayal. His need to solve mysteries borders OCD , and his drug experimentation makes him very much a human product of the times and my favorite. ❤
This Dr. Watson is a few steps up the ladder from the older ones. Brett had the best Dr. Watson, and he was also very good at other roles. Thanks for sharing a clear, good sounding version,,,enjoyable.
Except in those days people understood that one was to dress with dignity if they wished to recieve it, and there were social conventions that meant women weren't encouraged to do provocative things and then be shocked when they got a reaction. How can people not see that their demeanour and choices may factor into what treatment they recieve. What girl are you referring to here the subject of the mans advances?
I'm sorry I haven't been able to answer your coment.It seems UA-cam has cut me out of answers, maybe they don't like the way I express myself.Also to your questions, I mean the girl the drunk one made a pass,if this is the right expression.And of course I agree with you about dress and demeanor.
She definitely was attracted to him, and part of her wanted him to take her. But there's no reason to think she was devious herself. Just conflicted and weak-willed--like a lot of women are, admittedly. Prime target for a bad-boy scoundrel. It makes for interesting characters and an exciting story. Her muted, frustrated reaction when she hears him come into the house behind her shows her inner conflict; she wishes he hadn't come back for her. She knows he's bad news but he excites her, and she's not sure she would be able to refuse him.
The adaptation of a beautiful thriller leaves very much dissatisfied, the theme is condensed to an extent that it has lost all its characteristic nip n punch. Then there is a problem with editing as e Well.It appears a very curtailed n paler version of a novel.Jeremy Brett makes the best Sherlock.
The problem with Rathbone's Sherlock is although they started excellently with what would have likely been a standard progression of filming of the canon it was disturbed by the war ... so the studio thought Sherlock needed to fight the nazis ...
I like Jeremy Brett as Sherlock... I have watch almost all his episodes... But I like Sherlock Holmes that it doesn't matter who plays as Sherlock, as long as it does justice to the role.
It's a very trycky character as he isn't very sociable, but he delivers justice at cost.
Brett is the perfect Holmes
@@kathleencampbell2298Basil Rathbone has entered the chat ...
@@mikeyates7931 So has Herlock Sholmes.
No. Check out the Russian version.
Peter Cushing is definitely an underated Sherlock Holmes. It's also depressing that due to the BBC recycling the original footage, some of Cushing episodes are gone forever, similar to lost classic Dr Who episodes.
He was good but no match for Jeremy Brett who made that role his own.
@@bobradford2637 You could always warm up to Peter Cushing, even when he was playing Dr Frankenstein or some other madman.
gone forever?????
@@bobradford2637 brett was histerical totally out of the Sherlock Holmes character
@@bobradford2637 Brett was way too intense and looked like he had a baton constantly stuck up his arse.
I love these old productions. They're like watching a stage play.
I thought I was watching a remake of Fawlty Towers "Waldorf Salad".
Anything with Peter Cushing in it is worth watching, add Sherlock Holmes stories & u have a match made in heaven. I remember him from his many appearances on the Morecambe & Wise show. He obviously had a great sense of humour as well as being a brilliant actor.
Aww. Yes. And he is absolutely adorable in interviews. Also paired with Vincent Price and Christopher Lee, you get the loveliest, kindest bunch horror icons in the history of cinema
I am a great fan of Mr. Cushing and all his movies.😊❤ I am sure I love this one too.
Peter Cushing is such an underrated actor no matter the role. He is great!
I agree
It's very bad. Check out the Russian version.
Underrated !!!! that's a new one to me.
Underrated by whom...you? Cushing is highly regarded in memory, past and present as a great actor. You put-down 'critic' types should straighten out your insulting rating system, it's childish of you. Clean up your language.
@@peterbamforth6453 She's senile, and doesn't know how to compliment a great actor.
I love the way this was filmed...it's like watching a live play. Thank you for sharing!
Me too
A Study in Scarlet is a problematic story to bring to the screen because more than half of it doesn't involve Watson and Holmes at all, takes place in the US, and honestly is a rather ineffective pulp story. However, the novel does contain the first meeting of Holmes and Watson, both in their mid- to late 20s at the time. That makes it difficult to cast the "traditional", older Holmes-Watson duo (like the one here); the alternative is that you skip that first meeting, thereby cutting out what is really the best part of the novel. Which is what happens here; the most crucial part is missing and Cushing's achievement notwithstanding everyone, including Hope, is at least 20 years too old in this film.
Peter Cushing what a star.😀
All the stars who portrayed the actor Holmes, and yes even those who delighted us with watsons sometimes naive and whimsical charm. helped to bring these delightful characters that we all love, to life. yes! I have my favorites. I admit. But
so do you all. I am only going to say...Bravo to every one of them.
Thank you so very much! I was just thinking the very same thing!
wisely said
Agreed!
I agree!
37:08 Light the Bunsen burner and then relight your pipe with the same match. Fucking cool.
He was the master of the props.
Execution is a euphemism. Murder is murder.
True
Superb acting all around. Terrible screen play. It's like the writers never read Doyle's work. Was a fun flick, however. Thanks for posting.
They completely omitted the Mormon narrative that was in the actual story.
+LordWellington35 I've always thought that whenever in the stories Holmes is criticizing Watson's accounts of his cases IMHO he would always have had to had a special derision and contempt for the Mormon narrative near and dear to his heart. Especially when in The Sign of Four he refers to the just published
A Study In Scarlet which he has read in a sneering tone "I cannot congratulate you upon it"
and "You have attempted to tinge it with romanticism"
which was probably about as diplomatic as Holmes could ever be with Watson
concerning the Mormon narrative.
He later on gets even more caustic towards Watson covering his cases with comments like
"You have degraded what should have been a course of lectures into a series of tales."
IMHO this attitude of Holmes would had to have started with the Mormon narrative in ASIS.
This was only a single 48mn. television episode, after all, and the whole backstory really would have required a good chunk of a feature length movie to develop properly.
@Starscream91 ACD was just relying on the prevailing opinion of Mormons expressed by other outside sources of the times. He later did apologize on his implied negativity.
RIP Peter Cushing
This version of the Study in Scarlet follows the original story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle almost to the letter. The epilogue in the jail was one of the additions not in the story. Peter Cushing plays a masterful Sherlock Holmes.
One other thing I never really see discussed in any Holmes conversations - I have the complete Sherlock Holmes stories from the Collectors Library and not ONCE is he described as wearing a Deerstalker hat or a Tweed overcoat. And he ALWAYS smoked a black clay pipe, never a Meerschaum Calabosh. So, we have to thank the movie industry for making up an appearance that never was...
Look for the sketches by Sydney Paget that accompanied the original stories as published in The Strand Magazine. That's where Sherlock is depicted wearing a Deerstalker, and Watson wearing a Bowler.
www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/doyle-arthur-conan-paget-sidney-il-5809056-details.aspx
He wore the deerrstalker and cape only when he was in the country.
and he also smoked a churchwarden as well
Basil Rathbone did briefly wear a deerstalker hat in his film adaptation fo Hound of the Baskervilles
And the use of the calabash pipe was a creation of William Gillette when he played the character onstage in 1899, with Doyle’s approval
Another sanitized adaptation of A Study In Scarlet. In the original story the villains are Mormans who chased the man and woman who tried to flee the church in Utah. She died and her lover pursued the men he blamed for her death.
Jimvanhise I believe that the producers were/are afraid to put the blame on a fictional story on the Mormans. Anyway, I remember when I read that book I was so exited. It was a real thriller. A lot of the story is missing here. Pity. But I remember that it was also about a group who were terrorizing a city. What was that about? Somebody knows, remember?
Meeen. I just read today my first Sherlock Holmes story "A Study in Scarlet" and I'm so disappointed that there isn't a movie based on the original. The fictional story of the mormans was so exciting.
Jimvanhise
You are absolutely right.
I read the story & this movie's script was so abbreviated it was worse than cliff notes!
I barely recognized this.
Talk about political correctness!
In this movie, the script never even explained why the German "Rache" (revenge) was use.
Lots of loose ends in this version & no character development for the audience to understand how truly evil the dead men were.
Terrible version!
This was the first story Arthur Conan Doyle created about Sherlock Holmes, and they left out the most interesting part. It was just before this that Holmes and Watson met each other and came to share the rooms at 221 B Baker Street.
I guess, you speaking about "The Valley of Fear", there was masons there
I love Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes.
Both Brett and Cushing were phenomenal. Oddly my favourite Holmes was Christopher Lee
Nigel's expression when he is feeling inferior to Sherlocks intelligence is fantastic! 17:23
Thanks for the upload, I love these 🙂.
Peter Cushing certainly did a first rate job as Sherlock Holmes. He was a great Thespian, and it's a shame some of his episodes are now gone.
Basil Rathbone was the best Sherlock Holmes.
Absolutely
Yes he was he was the real MR.SHERLOCK HOLMES.NO ONE CAN FILL HIS. SHOES.NEVER.R.I.P.❤😢😊
Thanks so much for posting this. Always loved Peter Cushing.
Peter Cushing always so watcheable ..... prvious to this he was Holmes in a TV series around 1965 ..... Grand Moff Tarken his most well known character, he was perfect in that Star Wars role.
Cushing was a FINE Sherlock Holmes!!!!
I just KNEW Cushing had to have been Holmes. How could they not? Still looking for the worst Holmes ever. Charlton Heston in Hound, BBC.
Cushing played Holmes in the 1959 version of "Hound of the Baskerville" with Christopher Lee in a supporting role.
The actor cast as the murderer is quite good.
0:19 The corpse breaths comfortably.
Can't even hold their breath...thought these were British actors.
It is among the better interpretations of `A Study In Scarlet´, and of course #PeterCushing delivered!
The great Ed Bishop - 2001: A Space Odyssey and the sf tv series UFO.
Mr. Cushing is one of my favorite suspense British actors he could play a wide range of characters I think he should be knighted or should have been knighted. 👍
He was eventually knighted by the queen posthumously,His good friend Christopher Lee commented that it should have been much sooner.He really was a great, versatile actor.A classical scholar in his own right.
I do like this episode. Cushing is still the best Holmes, after Basil Rathbone, in my view. The plot is quite absurd, but the first scene with Holmes and Watson debating the anonymous newspaper article is worth watching again and again. Some good actors even in minor roles, Ed Bishop for one, and glamorous Edina Ronay, who gave up acting and became a fashion designer, just like Anoushka Hempel, who also appeared in Hammer film.
I personally do not like Peter Cushings as Holmes at all, but Watson is great in this series.
Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes and always will be.
Basil Rathbone was, if you look at the time period, very very good. Legendary.
Watson played by Nigel Bruce was different and you should forget about the "real" Watson from the books and then you will like him. I do love him now. He make it lighter and balanced. Very funny guy.
Again, it was during world war two and if you look back its amazing what they did.
I also like Ian Richardson as Holmes but even better as Doctor Bell in the Murder Rooms series....
Its good..but lacks the back round music of a classic hammer production..suspense etc....
Ed Bishop , great actor and of voice actor too. Buried at Napton Warks. Not that far from me , I must visit his grave at some point. His voice work was part of my childhood " Captain Scarlet" to name but one.
I've been a fan of Jeremy Brett for ages and stumbled upon this looking for something to watch. Peter Cushing, in my opinion, is a really good Holmes! I also really enjoy Nigel's Watson. The production quality isn't great here, and some of the actors are honestly bad (I couldn't tell if the girl wanted to actually go with the man who was trying to abduct her or not. She seemed to enjoy it which was bizarre), but Peter and Nigel still deliver. I feel like the relationship between these portrayals of Holmes and Watson isn't as developed as in the Granada series- the camaraderie of old friends isn't fully there. They DO come across more like roommates, which is fine. I feel like the Granada series was just more dynamic and allowed itself to be fun in a way that a lot of film adaptations of Holmes doesn't allow for. Again, with all this being said, I get a great deal of enjoyment out of these films. I can see, especially in wardrobe and set design, what the people at Granada were influenced and inspired by.
The best thing about the Grenada series for me having read the books, is how they remained true to the stories. It is like reading the books when you watch their productions.
I love Sherlock Holmes. And I Love Peter Cushing. Thank you so much fot the upload. 🤗⚘⚘🤗⚘🤗⚘🤗⚘
I had to chuckle as the episode started as the dead young lady in the coffin was clearly breathing, and quite heavily also!
I like Mr. Cushing very much - but Jeremy Brett is THE Sherlock Holmes. No one compares to him in this role.
ruivog Basil Rathbone was the best Holmes end off
ruivog, I absolutely agree with you. Basil Rathbone and Peter Cushing, among others, played Holmes well, but Jeremy Brett WAS Sherlock Holmes.
@@jods1 Of course it's only an opinion. But... Greetings, Joaquim.
@fan girl Just an opinion, of course.
@fan girl ;)
Peter Cushing in his 50's could catch the taxi but not the young navy sailor? Okay
One of the best renditions of the stories I've seen. I wasn't at all familiar with this before, having grown up in the States.
This is better than the book. The Morman story, which takes up half the book, is way too long. This film sums up the motive perfectly. It improves the work of Arthur Conan Doyle. Bravo. The offensive Mormon story in the second half of the book raises pertinent, unanswered questions. If Drebber just wanted the land, why not let John Ferrier and Lucy leave the Mormon settlement? If Drebber was a Mormon, where are his other wives? How did Drebber and Stangerson turn into drunks when Mormons don't drink alcohol? Where is Stangerson's wife? Why would so many in this religious community go out of their way to help reprobates like Drebber and Stangerson?
I'm surprised at so many negative comments here. As a fan since childhood of the stories, of Brett's interpretation, and Cumberbatch's too, I am very impressed with Cushing's Holmes, having seen this and the Blue Carbuncle.
I'm surprised, because Cushing all but disowned his performance. He said he didn't have enough time to prepare, the productions were so low budget and hurried, and therefore he felt he wasn't at his best. Well, his second best is still very good, IMO. I'm glad we have these and grateful to find them on UA-cam.
Peter Cushing's handsome dose of finesse and subtlety in his Holmes portrayal makes for a very good rendering of the character but it pushes it gently yet sensibly off the Doyle's Holmes standard which is why he's ranked , in my opinion, the third best Holmes after Rathbone(the best of all time) and Bret (second best ).
Brett is the best
While Peter Cushing is always great, the really mediocre direction saps all energy out of this production.
Edina Ronay who plays Alice Chapentier in this teleplay portayed Mary Kelly in the Sherlock Holmes film A STUDY IN TERROR.
Yes however they are very different characters so it's easy to not know this.
How fortunate then that I pointed this out.
@@Robert_Mannersah yes the different names could be a hint
@@derrickstorm6976 It's more than just the different names, the different visuals on screen, costumes and acting styles all create the illusion of a different person and character to the audience or viewer.
I loved peter Cushings films!!! he was always so serious, no one could beat his acting!
he had spectacular vocabulary
With the occasional R roll.
I really liked Peter in The Hound of Baskerville
Do u know Mr. Jeremy Brett?
UA-cam has the early teleplay "1984" with Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence(!), from 1952 (+/-) ~ it's primitive and fantastic! Andre Morrell also...
Peter's talent-flow can blend / compliment with all----( Robert Downey exempt....he is a flop---all around)
Peter Cushing and Nigel stock provide high quality entertainment in their portrayal of Holmes and Watson in this interesting murder mystery .
lol Watson standing with the newspaper hiding his revolver
A brief comment on the different styles of the actors playing Holmes. The differences in the way Brett and Cushing play Holmes are not absolute. Yes, Cushing plays the quintessential English gentleman, however if you examine the subtleties of the mannerisms there are similarities. They both describe the mannerisms of the academic / intellectual, with genius level intellect, moreover Brett's Holmes more accurately displays the manic depressive tendencies that Holmes was prone to. Anyone who has spent time in the presence of artistic geniuses will recognize these characteristics in the way Brett played Holmes. Therefore Jeremy Brett's portrayal is more likely the accurate, however I enjoy them all in different ways.
+sam stone Is there anything in the books where Sherlock does that 'r' the way he does played both by Brett and Cushing?
yes there different actors trying to bring what they have an think what s. holems is. along with what Watson brings . also the people that see them react the same. some feel it as some don't.
Brett is second to none
@@edram4051 Nothing in the books. However, the slightly rolled R was an approved element of elocution in those days, and very common. Victorian and Edwardian sound recordings display it. It was still heard in well-educated people, I remember, up to around the nineteen sixties.
Best ever Sherlock Holmes was Douglas Wilmer!!!!!!!!❤❤❤1964-5:
How did Peter Cushing get roped into this piece of crap? This is TV. Light flairs and all.
for the last week ive watched all the sherlock holmes on you tube this has alot of bad acting and is very low budget
You must be American.
Cushing fans probably have already found the Peter Cushing version (BBC) of "1984", co-starring Donald Pleasence and Andre Morrell (!). But new Cushing fans ought to scope it out.
I enjoy Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes... it can be found on youtube... Brett and Rathbone were also entertaining... each bringing their own brand of uniqueness to the character, jmo
Everything at the beginning was really badly executed, from the acting to the direction to the editing!
I know it was a troubled production, some directors also struggled with the new 625 Pal colour setups, especially the difference in lighting. Peter cushing wife was also ill while he was working on the series.
Peter Cushing can play a rock and be excellent
The film and sets remind me of the original Dark Shadows.........
Jeremy Brett is the quintessential Holmes; Peter Cushing is also a great actor but didnt grasp the pure gold that Brett did. Peter Cushing's interpretation is akin to Basil Rathbones dry crackle at this role. Its difficult to describe why this rendition is hard to compare to Bretts only because the time it was shot. This is a 1968 movie/show I believe what has made Bretts better was the time is was shot in.
Jay Gonzales basil Rathbone is the definitive holmes
His performance is dry, and lack luster. Basil Rathbone was a terrible interpretation of Holmes. Brett nailed the mannerisms, and Watson wasnt an idiot.
Jay Gonzales yes Watson was.. the watson from the 1954 would have been better for Basile. Basile nailed the look the voice and the disguises he was so good that the Mouse Detective was named after him he will always be my sherlock you should watch the Scarlet claw
Thanks for the recommendation, I shall pass on it. You need to watch the entire run for Brett, ignore the movies they did he was not in good health in them. He highlights the mannerisms so well he might have well been Holmes himself. Brett is and most likely be the quintessential Sherlock Holmes of our modern era.
Jay Gonzales ok you do what you want to the movie is less than 90 minutes long so you ever don't know what to watch one day and don't want to watch something that is too long remember that Starlet claw
She's breathing! You can still save her!
Beginning at 4:20 that is the same scene that is in the David Lynch movie Mulholland Drive when Naomi Watts is auditioning. The lines are not exactly duplicated but pretty darn close.
Always good to see American actor Ed Bishop from UFO.
He was so good at reading Raymond Chandler.
Very good, though I the lady’s false eyelashes were definitely from 1968 and not of the period portrayed, and the zoomed in close up at 41:58 was ridiculous and made the scene unwatchable.
The footsteps are louder than the voices, did the sound man have the mics all placed on the floor? 😂
Thanks .
Great rendition and excellent actors! A fun Watson and Holmes mystery. The man playing Jefferson Hope was great also!
Have been a Sherlockian since jr. high when I deviated from my usual science fiction at the time (the 60s), and picked the Holmes stories for a book report! I personally hated the Rathbone /Bruce movies because they always made Watson act & talk like an idiot, when he is far from it. In my opinion, casting Peter Cushing as Holmes was just WRONG!! I can't help but see him as either van Helsing or Victor Frankenstein! Cushing was a brilliant actor, but Holmes just didn't fit. I agree that Jeremy Brett was the closest to Conan-Doyle's concept, and he played it to a "T"!
+SilverFlyer1701 With you 110 %!!
+SilverFlyer1701 , I agree, the depiction of Watson (as played by Nigel Bruce) as a bungling side kick bothered me as well.
+SilverFlyer1701 Agreed
I have looked at Rathbone,Brett et all but for me I just love Cushing,he possesses the cut ,thrust and verve for the role.
Enjoyable, low budget teleplay...I like Peter Cushing in the role of Holmes (can't speak for the other guy as Watson...he was okay). Yes, excellent vintage 1968 British t.v. production!
Brett is Holmes!
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Why is the "Corpse" breathing at :20, Ha!
+george scarlett I noticed that right away also! Hehehe
+Cyndi K Ain't we just too "Sherlockian", or is that "Schlockian", Har! Elementary even for Watson, that! Gb bg
+george scarlett Hey that is pretty good observation
because he was acting
big deal
Because the actor was not a method actor and refused to die.
i think Peter Cushing is better in this then he was in the hound of the Baskerville
I was looking for this episode with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes. Unfortunatlely I couldn't find it. Maybe I've got high excpetations after seeing Mr. Brett acting. But...... THIS is terrible acting! And the american accent makes it even worse.
Ooops! Sorry.... Just realized that Holmes and Watson aren't talking with an american accent..... It's just.... I can't keep watching it. The beginning spoiled it for me.
The bad acting.
+Flavia Renevey They never did Study in Scarlet with Jeremy Brett as Holmes. They seem to have done all the other Holmes stories with Mr Brett but not this one.
+PShawtx They did all but 18 stories of ACD with Mr Brett. Unfortunately he passed away before they could adapt those. However given his ailing health he would have likely retired from the role if he had endured longer.
I wonder if Granada television ever made STUDY IN SCARLET with Jeremy Brett as Holmes. It would have been a treat to watch , not that Basil Rathbone was less capable. Only, it was felt by a large section of Arthur Conan Doyle' s readers and fans , that Granada team got closer to the characters of Homes and Watson and also closer to the writings with details on the pronunciation and the authentic phonetics of the English of those days
💕 all of them. With Cushing the one with the music boxes my favorite.
Taking notes on his cuff with a ball point pen 😂
Zoom in..the tip looks like a script ink pen. Possibly a lead pencil mechanical though.
excellent...ta very much.
Great
Another excellent movie from the 20th century based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's work.
Ed Bishop=👍
Peter cushing , nigel rathbone , and Jeremy brett were all brilliant.
But Brett brings the real sherlock to life with his human portrayal. His need to solve mysteries borders OCD , and his drug experimentation makes him very much a human product of the times and my favorite. ❤
Doctor Holmes
Captain Blue asks Sherlock Holmes to help find Captain Black
Captain Scarlet was too busy studying. 😉
Excellent!
Jeremy Brett nails the personality, mannerisms, and overall cocky behavior of Sherlock Holmes. His smiles and mannerisms are just so Sherlock.
Jeremy Brett is gay as the roaring 20's
This is Peter Cushing
@@tzzogg I'm sorry but that comment is not appropriate and has nothing to do with the video.
This Dr. Watson is a few steps up the ladder from the older ones. Brett had the best Dr. Watson, and he was also very good at other roles. Thanks for sharing a clear, good sounding version,,,enjoyable.
Brett had two Watsons, & Nigel Stock had two Holmes
Funny they cut out the part where Sherlock kills Watson's dog. I wonder why.
That girl is the excuse for every"man"who dares to say,"she was asking for it". Disgusting. ....
Except in those days people understood that one was to dress with dignity if they wished to recieve it, and there were social conventions that meant women weren't encouraged to do provocative things and then be shocked when they got a reaction. How can people not see that their demeanour and choices may factor into what treatment they recieve. What girl are you referring to here the subject of the mans advances?
I'm sorry I haven't been able to answer your coment.It seems UA-cam has cut me out of answers, maybe they don't like the way I express myself.Also to your questions, I mean the girl the drunk one made a pass,if this is the right expression.And of course I agree with you about dress and demeanor.
She definitely was attracted to him, and part of her wanted him to take her. But there's no reason to think she was devious herself. Just conflicted and weak-willed--like a lot of women are, admittedly. Prime target for a bad-boy scoundrel. It makes for interesting characters and an exciting story. Her muted, frustrated reaction when she hears him come into the house behind her shows her inner conflict; she wishes he hadn't come back for her. She knows he's bad news but he excites her, and she's not sure she would be able to refuse him.
It's Cushing time
can't beat the horror classics .still holds your attention
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"you may fayar when reddeh, watson"
The adaptation of a beautiful thriller leaves very much dissatisfied, the theme is condensed to an extent that it has lost all its characteristic nip n punch. Then there is a problem with editing as e
Well.It appears a very curtailed n paler version of a novel.Jeremy Brett makes the best Sherlock.
The problem with Rathbone's Sherlock is although they started excellently with what would have likely been a standard progression of filming of the canon it was disturbed by the war ... so the studio thought Sherlock needed to fight the nazis ...
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Again, check out those Universal Holmes movies and count how many had to do with the War.
They were always a disappointment
The choice of Nigel Bruce as Watson was a pathetic one. Ruined the entire series, despite Basil's genius.
Wonderful. Thank you.
When the show starts , Homes is setting down at the table , Then gets up and lights his pipe , And it look like a smoke stack on a Train. LOL.
What a dreadful production. Like a high school theater group at their worst. Too bad too, because this was a good story
What happened at the very end, when Sherlock threw out his arm? Did the murderer poison himself?