The read
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
115 audience votes
Key crew
- Herbert RossDirector
- Nicholas MeyerScreenplay
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Alan ArkinDr. Sigmund Freud
- Vanessa RedgraveLola Deveraux
- Robert DuvallDr. John H. Watson
- Nicol WilliamsonSherlock Holmes
- Laurence OlivierProfessor James Moriarty
- Joel GreyLowenstein
- Samantha EggarMary Morstan Watson
- Jeremy KempBaron Karl von Leinsdorf
- Charles GrayMycroft Holmes
- RégineMadame
- Anna QuayleFreda
- Georgia BrownMrs. Freud
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Themes
based on novel or bookkidnappingdrug addictioncocaineorient expresstrain hijackingbaronvienna, austriahypnotism19th centurysherlock holmes