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The Masks of Death
Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
UK 1984
produced by Norman Priggen, Kevin Francis (executive) for Tyburn
directed by Roy Ward Baker
starring Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Anton Diffring, Gordon Jackson, Ray Milland, Marcus Gilbert, Susan Penhaligon, Jenny Laird, Russell Hunter, James Cossins, Eric Dodson, Georgina Coombs, James Head, Dominic Murphy
story by John Elder (= Anthony Hinds), screenplay by N.J. Crisp, based on characters by Arthur Conan Doyle, music by Malcolm Williamson
Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing), Irene Adler
review by Mike Haberfelner
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It's 1913, and Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) has loong retired,
spending his life as abeekeeper these days-But then an old friend,
inspector MacDonald (Gordon Jackson) calls him and Doctor Watson (John
Mills) back into action to investigate a series of murders where the
victims' faces are distorted by fear while the cause of death simply
cannot be determined. But as soon as the investigations seem to be getting
anywhere, the home secretary himself (Ray Milland) calls Holmes off the
case to help German count von Felsdeck (Anton Diffring) find an obviously
kidnapped politician who has been trying to broker peace between Germany
and Great Britain - after all, in 1913 these two nations were on the brink
of a great war. Several attempts at Holmes' life are made at von
Felsdeck's place, but he also notices that the whole case is a charade,
that van Felsdeck's actually teh baddie of the piece, and that he wanted
Holmes off the other case because he came too close to another, unexpected
truth - that the murder series had something to do with a gas attack he
planned to launch on London once the war has started Ultimately,
Holmes sees to it that all the baddies get their just desserts and London
is not gassed in World War I. Anne Baxter plays the one woman who has
ever outwitted Holmes, but in a story taking place before the events of
this film. Here, she's just a red herring. Even if this film's
plot is a bit far-fetched and more reminiscent of Universal's
slightly silly Sherlock
Holmes in World War II than anything else, and its resolution
becomes evident way too early, this is a rather entertaining and even at
times atmospheric Sherlock Holmes movie in which Peter
Cushing proves he has lost nothing of his intensity when playing the
character even in old age. No masterpiece, maybe not even one of the
better Sherlock Holmes-movies, but enjoyable nevertheless.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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