An adaptation of the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a very wealthy businessman with a strange secret.An adaptation of the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a very wealthy businessman with a strange secret.An adaptation of the story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about a very wealthy businessman with a strange secret.
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- Arthur Conan Doyle(uncredited)
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- TriviaOriginally a failed TV pilot, this production was released theatrically as a short subject.
- GoofsAlthough this is set in the late Victorian era, trucks can distinctly be seen crossing Tower Bridge in the background.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Dr. Watson: London is a very big city. Every year a lot of people vanish and are never heard of again. That's none of my business because I'm a doctor. My name is John Watson. But one of these concerned me because it was a wealthy patient of mine who disappeared without a trace.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985)
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"Heaven, Holmes - it's an opium den!"
It's obvious that a 26 minute B-feature is not going to do justice to a Sherlock Holmes story. I was intrigued at this attempt to energize the story of 'The Man With The Twisted Lip.' Those ideas did indeed have possibilities but they were never going to work in such an abbreviated form like this. So I will just stick to the positives that I found.
While the studio shots were terrible I did enjoy the location shots. Particularly atmospheric is when Holmes trails the beggar through a cemetery to a place by the river. It does all look very dingy but with the imposing Tower Bridge in the background that makes the scene look so good. The place that the beggar has led Holmes is the Bar of Gold opium den.
I thought that Campbell Singer was expressive as Dr Watson. Mystery fans will know him from lots of TV episodes particularly 'The Saint' and 'The Avengers.' He manages a similarity to Nigel Bruce's Dr Watson by fooling around a bit. A funny moment is when he dons Holmes' deerstalker and does an impression of him.
I was not impressed by John Longden as Holmes. So I'll just keep Campbell Singer and the location shots in my memory whenever I look back on this.
While the studio shots were terrible I did enjoy the location shots. Particularly atmospheric is when Holmes trails the beggar through a cemetery to a place by the river. It does all look very dingy but with the imposing Tower Bridge in the background that makes the scene look so good. The place that the beggar has led Holmes is the Bar of Gold opium den.
I thought that Campbell Singer was expressive as Dr Watson. Mystery fans will know him from lots of TV episodes particularly 'The Saint' and 'The Avengers.' He manages a similarity to Nigel Bruce's Dr Watson by fooling around a bit. A funny moment is when he dons Holmes' deerstalker and does an impression of him.
I was not impressed by John Longden as Holmes. So I'll just keep Campbell Singer and the location shots in my memory whenever I look back on this.
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- greenbudgie
- Jan 19, 2021
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- Sherlock Holmes: The Man with the Twisted Lip
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- Runtime26 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared (1951) officially released in Canada in English?
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