Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.Holmes investigates the disappearance of a champion racehorse and the murder of its trainer on a lonely moor.
Derek Pykett
- Gipsy
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaIn the opening titles the producer's name appears twice and with two different spellings. The first credit is "Developed for Television by John Hawkesworth", and the second reads "Dramatised by John Hawksworth".
- GoofsAt the end of the race, a photographer photographs the winning horse and its owner using a camera of the era with a cloth hood. When the lens cap is removed, the subject of the photograph was required to stand perfectly still for several seconds while the camera collected enough light in order for the image to be sharp. However, the people in front of the camera continue to move chaotically and the cameraman does nothing about it. The resulting photograph would have been nothing but an unintelligible blur.
- Quotes
Inspector Gregory: Is there any other point to which you wish to draw my attention, Mr. Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes: To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.
Colonel Ross: But the dog did nothing in the night-time.
Sherlock Holmes: That is the curious incident.
- ConnectionsVersion of Silver Blaze (1923)
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He's Got The Horse Right Here
I'm starting to note that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was certainly fascinated by the moors and cliffs of England. They seem to figure prominently in his stories, most prominently of course in The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Silver Blaze based on his story The Adventures Of Silver Blaze also has a setting on the moors.
It's on the moors on one of those English murder mystery nights that the prominent race horse Silver Blaze disappears from the stable of his owner Peter Barkworth. Later on those desolate English moors the trainer Barry Lowe is found dead with a bad head wound.
In this one Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes has to not just deduce clues from humans, but reason why a pair of animals, the selfsame race horse Silver Blaze and a dog behave as they do. As it turns out the current whereabouts of the horse and what happened to its trainer have only the slightest of connections.
This particular Holmes story is a well put together one, the conclusion will perk the interest. And we even learn that Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson has a fancy for the sport of kings.
It's on the moors on one of those English murder mystery nights that the prominent race horse Silver Blaze disappears from the stable of his owner Peter Barkworth. Later on those desolate English moors the trainer Barry Lowe is found dead with a bad head wound.
In this one Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes has to not just deduce clues from humans, but reason why a pair of animals, the selfsame race horse Silver Blaze and a dog behave as they do. As it turns out the current whereabouts of the horse and what happened to its trainer have only the slightest of connections.
This particular Holmes story is a well put together one, the conclusion will perk the interest. And we even learn that Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson has a fancy for the sport of kings.
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- bkoganbing
- Feb 26, 2010
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