Sherlock Holmes
TV-PG
7.5
1954
Drama
, Mystery
The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.
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- Cast:
- Howard Marion-Crawford , Ronald Howard , Archie Duncan
Episode 39 : The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter
October. 17,1955
A chemist is accused of the murder of his fiancé's stepfather, who was determined to keep the two apart. Although there is mounting evidence of the chemist's guilt, Holmes is requested by the old man's housekeeper to investigate the case, as she believes the young man to be innocent.
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Episode 38 : The Case of the Diamond Tooth
September. 19,1955
While walking along the banks of the River Thames, Watson finds a diamond tooth. The article takes on more meaning later, however, when Holmes learns that the body of a murder victim had been discovered near where Watson found the tooth.
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Episode 37 : The Case of the Unlucky Gambler
July. 18,1955
A young boy shows up at Baker Street, asking for Holmes' help in finding his missing father. Holmes' investigation reveals that the man is a gambler on the run from his creditors, and the team begins to make the rounds of the seedy gambling underworld in search of the boy's father.
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Episode 36 : The Case of the Neurotic Detective
July. 11,1955
Holmes begins acting even stranger than usual -- he tries to keep Watson from seeing the diamond necklace in his humidor, refuses to help Lestrade with the crime wave and dresses up to go with a Miss Jennifer Ames to a dance!
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Episode 35 : The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough
July. 04,1955
This is the story of the hunt for the MacGregor treasure -- and curse. The villain would be the castle's foreclosing mortgage holder, Archibald Ross.
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Episode 34 : The Case of the Royal Murder
June. 27,1955
As payment for solving a case, Holmes and Watson are invited to spend a weekend at an estate in the Balkans. However, their vacation is cut short when another guest, Prince Stefan, is poisoned and their host is accused of the murder. Holmes must find the real killer before he himself becomes the next victim.
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Episode 33 : The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors
June. 20,1955
A political leader is being blackmailed, and to find the blackmailers, Holmes and Watson join a lonely hearts club. However, things don't go quite as planned, and Holmes winds up getting arrested and thrown in jail.
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Episode 32 : The Case of the Impromtu Performance
June. 06,1955
A condemned man scheduled to hang the next day uses his last request to ask Sherlock Holmes to prove his innocence of the murder for which he is about to be executed.
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Episode 31 : The Case of the Exhumed Client
May. 30,1955
Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his mysterious Farnsworth Castle. It turns out that Farnsworth had a clause inserted in this will that his death, no matter what the apparent cause, would be investigated by Sherlock Holmes. Holmes' investigation reveals traces of arsenic in the man's body, and there seems to be no shortage of people who knew Sir Charles who wanted him dead.
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Episode 30 : The Case of the Eiffel Tower
May. 23,1955
After a famous criminal is run over and killed by a milk truck, Insp. Lestrade finds a mysterious coded note in the man's clothing. He asks Holmes to decipher it, and Holmes' subsequent investigation leads him to assume the dead gangster's identity and he follows a trail of clues to Paris.
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Episode 29 : The Case of the Impostor Mystery
May. 16,1955
Holmes and Watson return from a vacation at Brighton to find an impostor has been impersonating Holmes, misadvising Lestrade to guard Hambleburg's not Carrolton's jewelry store and Sir Arthur to hide his valuables in the biscuit jar. Fighting impersonation with impersonation, Watson becomes the maharaja of Gampoor.
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Episode 28 : The Case of the Jolly Hangman
May. 09,1955
Jessie Hooper hires Holmes to find her missing husband, William, and -- with the help of Lestrade's cousin MacDougal of Glasgow -- he his found hung -- like his grandfather. A rope salesman's laugh is the key clue. It is ironically the window that William never returned to repair that traps villain by his tie.
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Episode 27 : The Case of the Perfect Husband
March. 02,1955
Russell Partridge announces to his wife Janet one day that he is in fact a killer who has murdered his six previous wives, and notifies her that she has one day to live and get her affairs in order before he murders her, too. Janet can get no one to believe her tale, except Holmes and Watson, who must devise a plan to trap the killer before Janet's time runs out.
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Episode 26 : The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids
April. 25,1955
A baby is left on Holmes' and Watson's doorstep. The child turns out to be the son of a missing French scientist. When Watson is later brutally attacked and the baby kidnapped, the detectives must find the baby and its father and avoid an international scandal.
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Episode 25 : The Case of the Violent Suitor
April. 18,1955
"Aunt Lottie", an advice columnist who is actually a man named Alex Doogle, advises a young woman to break up with her violent and insanely jealous boyfriend. The jilted boyfriend then finds Doogle, severely beats him and threatens his life. Doogle turns to Sherlock Holmes, both for his own protection and to save the young woman from her crazed fiancé.
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Episode 24 : The Case of the Night Train Riddle
April. 11,1955
A young boy and his father are traveling on a train, and after they have a fight, the boy runs out of the compartment and seems to have vanished into thin air. Although his governess thinks he has simply run away, Holmes begins to suspect something a bit more serious, and his investigation leads him to a nearby circus.
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Episode 23 : The Case of the Christmas Pudding
April. 04,1955
When a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before he himself is executed.
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Episode 22 : The Case of the Deadly Prophecy
March. 14,1955
Holmes and Watson are called to a boy's school in Belgium. It seems that a young student has gotten into the habit of writing the names of faculty members on the steps of a nearby church, and shortly afterwards person whose name has been written down is found dead.
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Episode 21 : The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter
March. 07,1955
Sherlock Holmes races against time in order to find the location of a bomb that was planted somewhere in London by an extortionist.
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Episode 20 : The Case of the Careless Suffragette
February. 28,1955
A zealous suffragette acquires a bomb shaped like a croquet ball, intending only to draw attention to her cause, but it is switched with a real croquet ball and explodes, killing a member of Parliament.
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Episode 19 : The Case of the Vanished Detective
February. 21,1955
When Sherlock Holmes disappears, Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade begin a search that leads them to a small shop.
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Episode 18 : The Case of the Thistle Killer
February. 14,1955
Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard to track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles next to each of the women he has murdered.
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Episode 17 : The Case of the Laughing Mummy
February. 07,1955
Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by explaining the source of an odd noise in the man's home, but in doing so Holmes uncovers a more serious mystery.
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Episode 11 : The Case of the Red Headed League
December. 27,1954
Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange story told to him by a shopkeeper, who claims to have been a member of the 'League of Red-Headed Men' until it unexpectedly dissolved.
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Episode 10 : The Mother Hubbard Case
December. 20,1954
Sherlock Holmes tracks down a murderer who uses a young girl to lure victims to empty houses, where they are killed.
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Episode 9 : The Case of Harry Crocker
December. 06,1954
Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangling a chorus girl.
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Episode 8 : The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
December. 06,1954
The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance.
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Episode 7 : The Case of the Winthrop Legend
November. 29,1954
Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend, which foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in his possession.
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Episode 6 : The Case of the Shy Ballerina
November. 22,1954
Dr. Watson accidentally comes home from his club with another man's coat, providing an important clue when the other man is murdered late that same night.
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Episode 5 : The Case of the Belligerent Ghost
November. 15,1954
When Dr. Watson thinks that he has seen a ghost, it puts Sherlock Holmes on a trail that leads to a crime at an art museum.
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Episode 4 : The Case of the Texas Cowgirl
November. 08,1954
A cowgirl from a visiting rodeo show asks Sherlock Holmes to help her when she discovers a dead man in her hotel room.
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Episode 3 : The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun
November. 01,1954
Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, who was shot to death in a sealed-up castle, with only two apparent suspects.
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Episode 2 : The Case of Lady Beryl
October. 25,1954
Lady Beryl confesses to a murder that was committed at her home, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that she is innocent.
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Episode 1 : The Case of the Cunningham Heritage
October. 18,1954
Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes, and assists him in solving a case that has confused Inspector Lestrade.
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