The Disappearance of Lady Frances

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One of the most dangerous classes is the drifting and friendless woman.

On a holiday, Watson (Edward Hardwicke) meets a lone, unwed and independent woman named Lady Frances Carfax (Cheryl Campbell). She decides to cross a lake in an ungainly skiff, falls out of it and is saved by a missionary in a wheelchair. Some time later, Frances vanishes from sight. She was visited just before by a tall bearded man who hounded her. Watson writes Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) a letter, explaining the situation.

While reading a newspaper, Holmes suddenly decides to visit his friend Watson. They find the bearded man, and he explains that he and Frances fell in love many years ago but that she would have nothing to do with him because of his turbulent past. Now Holmes knows what happened. The lady Carfax is in grave danger, and the missionary has got something to do with it.

Cast:

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  • Jeremy Brett
    Born: November 03, 1933, Berkswell Grange, Warwickshire, England, UK
    Born as: Peter Jeremy William Huggins
    Died: September 12, 1995, London, England, UK

  • Edward Hardwicke ... Dr. Watson
  • Anthony Benson ... Vicar
  • Cheryl Campbell ... Lady Frances Carfax
  • Mary Cunningham ... Miss Calder
  • Julian Curry ... Albert Shlessinger
  • Jack Klaff ... The Hon. Philip Green
  • (John Madden ... Director)
  • Anthony Schaeffer ... Bank Official

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