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  • Sherlock Holmes The Illustrious Client (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 54 min | Crime, Drama, History

Sherlock Holmes

The Illustrious Client (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 54 min | Crime, Drama, History

Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word against ...See moreSir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word against him. The client is fearful for Violet's safety should the marriage go ahead. Holmes enlists the assistance of Kitty Winter, a woman whom the Baron used and threw aside, to get access to Gruner's album in which he has catalogued his conquests, to make Violet see him in his true light. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less
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Director
Writers
Arthur Conan Doyle (characters) (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) (short story) | Giles Cooper (script)
Producer
Composer
Cinematographer
Editor
Jeffrey Lawes (film sequence)
Production Designer
Status
Edit Released
Updated Feb 20, 1965

Release date
Feb 20, 1965 (United Kingdom)

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13 cast members
Name Known for
Douglas Wilmer
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes   See fewer
Nigel Stock
Dr. Watson Dr. Watson   See fewer
Peter Wyngarde
Baron Grüner Baron Grüner   See fewer
Rosemary Leach
Kitty Winter Kitty Winter   See fewer
Jennie Linden
Violet de Merville Violet de Merville   See fewer
Ballard Berkeley
Sir James Damery Sir James Damery   See fewer
Norman Mitchell
Shinwell Johnson Shinwell Johnson   See fewer
Martin Gordon
Footman Footman   See fewer
Anne Hart
Music Hall Singer Music Hall Singer   See fewer
Bernard Barnsley
Thug (uncredited) Thug (uncredited)   See fewer
Len Saunders
Sailor at Music Hall (uncredited) Sailor at Music Hall (uncredited)   See fewer
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