The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Mr. Holmes is convinced that I am some sort of criminal mastermind of the most depraved order
Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) is living in a paranoid world of cocaine addiction, secluding himself from the outside world. He is harassing Professor Moriarty (Laurence Olivier), his former mathematics tutor; he is convinced that Moriarty is the incarnation of evil.
With the help of Holmes's brother Mycroft (Charles Gray), Dr. Watson (Robert Duvall) hatches and executes a plot to get Sherlock to Vienna for treatment by the famous Dr. Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin). The treatment is successful and Holmes, recuperated and refreshed, is ready to return the favor by offering to help another of Freud's patients.
The fraulein Lola Devereux (Vanessa Redgrave) is a beautiful and famous mezzo-soprano who recently escaped bunch of mysterious captors who had abducted her. Both Holmes and Freud feel personally motivated to find the perpetrators of this crime and join forces in order to solve this mystery.
Cast:
- Robert Duvall ... Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator
- Laurence Olivier ... Professor James Moriarty
- Vanessa Redgrave ... Lola Deveraux
- Nicol Williamson ... Sherlock Holmes
- Régine ... Madame
- Alan Arkin ... Dr. Sigmund Freud
- Georgia Brown ... Mrs. Freud
- Samantha Eggar ... Mary Morstan Watson
- Charles Gray ... Mycroft Holmes
- Joel Grey ... Lowenstein
- Jeremy Kemp ... Baron von Leinsdorf
- Alison Leggatt ... Mrs. Hudson
- Anna Quayle ... Freda
- (Herbert Ross ... Director)
Quote:
Professor Moriarty: Doctor Watson, Mr. Holmes is convinced that I am some sort of criminal mastermind of the most depraved order. I know he is a great and good man. All England resounds with his praise. But in my case he fosters a ghastly illusion and I come to you as his friend rather than turning the matter over to my solicitor.
Soundtrack:
"The Madame's Song" Written by Stephen Sondheim Performed by Régine
Bibliography » Books:
74 years ago, Nicol Williamson was born. (Sherlock Holmes)