The Master Blackmailer
- Episode aired May 6, 1993
- TV-PG
- 1h 42m
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7.4/10
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Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.Holmes and Watson attempt to break the grip of a ruthless blackmailer of their clients.
Gwen Ffrangcon Davies
- The Dowager
- (as Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies)
Henrietta Whitsun-Jones
- Daphne
- (as Henrietta Whitson-Jones)
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- TriviaGwen Ffrangcon Davies, who played the Dowager, was 100 years old when this was filmed in 1991. She died the same month it premiered, having turned 101.
- GoofsA Scotland Yard police detective is seen picking up a discarded weapon with a handkerchief which was not a common practice in 1894, when the film was set. Fingerprint detection was not adopted in Britain until 1901, if that was his reason. Actually, the gun was covered in blood and the policeman would seem to desire keeping his hands clean of blood.
- Quotes
Sherlock Holmes: I've had to deal with fifty murderers in my career, but the worst of them never gave me this sense of revulsion I feel at this moment toward Mr Charles Augustus Milverton.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre (1993)
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can this be - Holmes in love?
The stand-out sequences from 'The Master Blackmailer', for me, are the ones between the brilliant Jeremy Brett (in disguise, naturally), and Sophie Thompson. Could it be the great detective has actually fallen for a lady?
This aside, there's a intricate blackmail plot involving Robert Hardy (excellent), and plenty of opportunities for Holmes and Watson to get themselves in awkward situations before solving the mystery.
Probably the best of the feature-length episodes, and a fine example of the work Brett and Hardwicke did to immortalise Conan Doyle's characters for the small screen.
This aside, there's a intricate blackmail plot involving Robert Hardy (excellent), and plenty of opportunities for Holmes and Watson to get themselves in awkward situations before solving the mystery.
Probably the best of the feature-length episodes, and a fine example of the work Brett and Hardwicke did to immortalise Conan Doyle's characters for the small screen.
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- didi-5
- Jul 5, 2003
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