A Study in Terror (1965)

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Sherlock Holmes meets Jack the Ripper! Here comes the original caped crusader!

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

• Released: 1965-10-01
• Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
• Runtime: 1h 35m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.2/10 from 77 votes

Directed by James Hill.

Top cast

• John Neville as Sherlock Holmes
• Donald Houston as Doctor Watson
• John Fraser as Lord Carfax
• Anthony Quayle as Doctor Murray
• Barbara Windsor as Annie Chapman
• Adrienne Corri as Angela
• Frank Finlay as Inspector Lestrade
• Judi Dench as Sally
• Barry Jones as Duke of Shires
• Robert Morley as Mycroft Holmes

Full cast & crew

Where to watch A Study in Terror

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• United Kingdom: rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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