A good cast takes a stab at Sherlock Holmes and, mostly, succeeds. the only thing really bringing this movie down a bit is that it's not put together to be a good mystery, just a good suspense film. Cushing's Holmes is very good; he brings across Holmes' pettiness out of his attention to detail and the shrewdness that helps him catch criminals in the first place also represents a darker (and, certainly, more annoying) side of his own personality. This is similar to the way Cushing had played Van Helsing and Dr. Frankenstein in previous Hammer Films, so it's not surprising they tried it here, but it is a little surprising how well this goes along with the Sherlock Holmes character. Cushing brings enough warmth to the character (effectively through his action with a solid Watson, Morrell) to make an audience still like the old blighter. Good visual look, photography, B. Robinson's sets (recognizable from the later "Curse of the Werewolf") are sufficiently "gothic". Often laughable script.
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