I read The Speckled Band at school and it was probably the first Sherlock Holmes story that I had read. I did think the adaptation although trying to do something different, had a murder plan that falls apart easily for being nonsense. A whistle and a saucer of milk indeed. Of course the source material is at fault.
Helen Stoner is the young lady in distress who turns to Sherlock Holmes. Her stepfather Dr Grimesby Roylott is a bit of a brute. He is a man who spent years in the army in India. He then married Helen's wealthy mother who later died. A few years earlier, her older sister Julia also died unexpectedly. At the time Julia was expecting to get married.
Now Helen is expecting to get married soon. After Helen's leaves Sherlock. Dr Roylott turns up and makes a show of strength.
Sherlock immediately senses that Helen is in grave danger. When he sees the room that she is expected to move into, he realises what will happen next.
Jeremy Kemp gives a powerful performance as a man not to be messed with with a cunning plan in murder. Director John Bruce used the end credits to show how the death was planned.
Helen Stoner is the young lady in distress who turns to Sherlock Holmes. Her stepfather Dr Grimesby Roylott is a bit of a brute. He is a man who spent years in the army in India. He then married Helen's wealthy mother who later died. A few years earlier, her older sister Julia also died unexpectedly. At the time Julia was expecting to get married.
Now Helen is expecting to get married soon. After Helen's leaves Sherlock. Dr Roylott turns up and makes a show of strength.
Sherlock immediately senses that Helen is in grave danger. When he sees the room that she is expected to move into, he realises what will happen next.
Jeremy Kemp gives a powerful performance as a man not to be messed with with a cunning plan in murder. Director John Bruce used the end credits to show how the death was planned.