Details

Release year: 1962

Storyline

Sherlock Holmes and Watson do battle with their nemesis, Professor Moriarity, over an ancient necklace attributed to Cleopatra.

Top credits

Directors

Terence Fisher

Writers

Cast

Christopher Lee — Sherlock Holmes
Hans Söhnker — Prof. Moriarty
Hans Nielsen — Inspector Cooper
Senta Berger — Ellen Blackburn

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Did you know

• When Sir Christopher Lee and Leon Askin were filming the scenes down the sewer seen near the end of the movie, they found the smell to be "a bit stiff, even for a sewer". After some inquiries, they found out the place had been used during World War II to make poison gas.

• While shooting parts of this movie in Dublin, some gypsy extras came up to Sir Christopher Lee between takes and inquired about his origins. From the observation of his physical type and the few things Lee told them about his father, their conclusion was that he must definitely have been of some gypsy ancestry himself. Knowing very little about his father's family, Lee gladly welcomed this assumption as a very believable one.

• Reportedly, Christopher Lee was disappointed not to have added his own voice onto the film soundtrack in post production.