The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
A bored Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson head for Loch Ness in search of the missing husband of Gabrielle Valladon (Genevieve Page). The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
27 December 1901, Maida Vale, London, England, UK
29 December 1921, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France
1 October 1890, Manor Park, London, England, UK
29 May 1893, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
13 December 1927, Paris, France
1929, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
July 2, 1920 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
9 August 1904, Ipoh, Malaysia
2 March 1919, Tyumen, Russia
September 27, 2014
Holmes is an extremely amusing and engaging picture, taking care of all the expected detective work as it offers a few surprises of its own.August 18, 2008
This existing version is still fascinating, funny and clever.September 29, 2005
Wilder's second most underrated masterpiece.January 01, 2000
Affectionately conceived, chock-full of marvelous subtleties, this meticulously constructed adventure-romance shouldn't be missed.February 09, 2006
A wonderful, cruelly underrated film.January 01, 2000
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is comparatively mild Billy Wilder and rather daring Sherlock Holmes, not a perfect mix, perhaps, but a fond and entertaining one.October 23, 2004
Before the movie is 20 minutes old, Wilder has settled for simply telling a Sherlock Holmes adventure.July 22, 2014
The plotting is weak, and ill-served by the movie's generally lackadaisical approach; but the dialogue is witty, and Wilder and Diamond get a lot of mileage out of the idea that Sherlock Holmes is as fragile as he is brilliant.August 14, 2007
It is in large part old-fashioned, in that it's mile-wide and ancient-history Sherlock Holmes, but it's also handsomely produced and directed with incisiveness by Wilder.December 30, 2006
A true evocation of the spirit of the Strand Magazine, this is the best Holmes movie ever made and sorely underrated in the Wilder canon.