The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
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- PG
- 1h 53min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 16 Apr 1977 (Japan)
- Movie
To treat his friend's cocaine induced delusions, Watson lures Sherlock Holmes to Sigmund Freud.
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Awards:
- Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
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Cast verified as complete
Alan Arkin | ... |
Sigmund Freud
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Vanessa Redgrave | ... |
Lola Deveraux
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Robert Duvall | ... |
Dr. Watson
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Nicol Williamson | ... |
Sherlock Holmes
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Laurence Olivier | ... |
Professor Moriarty
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Joel Grey | ... |
Lowenstein
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Samantha Eggar | ... |
Mary Watson
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Jeremy Kemp | ... |
Baron von Leinsdorf
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Charles Gray | ... |
Mycroft Holmes
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Georgia Brown | ... |
Mrs. Freud
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Régine | ... |
Madame
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Anna Quayle | ... |
Freda
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Jill Townsend | ... |
Mrs. Holmes
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John Bird | ... |
Berger
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Alison Leggatt | ... |
Mrs. Hudson
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Frederick Jaeger | ... |
Marker
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Erik Chitty | ... |
The Butler
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Jack May | ... |
Dr. Schultz
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Gertan Klauber | ... |
The Pasha
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Leon Greene | ... |
Squire Holmes
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Michael Blagdon | ... |
Young Holmes
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Ashley House | ... |
Young Freud
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Sheila Shand Gibbs | ... |
Nun
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Erich Padalewski | ... |
Station Master
(as Erich Padalewsky)
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John Hill | ... |
Train Engineer
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Harry Fielder | ... |
Drunk Man (uncredited)
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Drewe Henley | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
Herbert Ross |
Written by
Nicholas Meyer | ... | (screenplay) |
Nicholas Meyer | ... | (novel) |
Arthur Conan Doyle | ... | (characters) |
Produced by
Stanley O'Toole | ... | associate producer |
Herbert Ross | ... | producer |
Arlene Sellers | ... | executive producer |
Alex Winitsky | ... | executive producer |
Music by
John Addison |
Cinematography by
Oswald Morris | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Chris Barnes |
Editorial Department
William Reynolds | ... | supervising editor |
Larry Richardson | ... | assistant editor |
Casting By
Rose Tobias Shaw |
Production Design by
Ken Adam |
Art Direction by
Peter Lamont |
Costume Design by
Alan Barrett |
Makeup Department
Colin Jamison | ... | hair stylist |
Jan Jamison | ... | hair stylist (as Janet Jamison) |
Bill Lodge | ... | makeup artist |
John Webber | ... | makeup artist |
Jimmy Evans | ... | make-up: second unit (uncredited) |
Daphne Vollmer | ... | hairdresser: second unit (uncredited) |
Production Management
Michael Guest | ... | production manager |
Charles Clement | ... | post production operations head (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott Wodehouse | ... | assistant director |
Andy Armstrong | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Peter Cotton | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
John Downes | ... | second assistant director: second unit (uncredited) |
Dusty Symonds | ... | first assistant director (uncredited) |
Gareth Tandy | ... | third assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Ernest Archer | ... | assistant art director |
Ivor Beddoes | ... | sketch artist |
Charles Bishop | ... | assistant art director |
Peter James | ... | set dresser |
Laurie Kerr | ... | carpenter |
Sidney Paget | ... | title drawings |
Ron Quelch | ... | production buyer |
Michael Redding | ... | construction manager |
Richard Amsel | ... | poster artist (uncredited) |
Jack Cullagham | ... | props (uncredited) |
Stephen Hargreaves | ... | carpenter (uncredited) / standby carpenter (uncredited) |
Michael Hayward | ... | standby carpenter (uncredited) |
Bill Lynch | ... | props (uncredited) |
Chick McCarthy | ... | props (uncredited) |
Ted Mitchell | ... | scenic artist (uncredited) |
Nick Rivers | ... | props (uncredited) |
Steve Spence | ... | draughtsman (uncredited) |
Drew Struzan | ... | poster artist (uncredited) |
John Swift | ... | props (uncredited) |
Leslie Tomkins | ... | draughtsman (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Gordon K. McCallum | ... | dubbing mixer (as Gordon McCallum) |
Terry Poulton | ... | sound editor |
Cyril Swern | ... | sound recordist |
Nick Flowers | ... | sound assistant (uncredited) |
Graham V. Hartstone | ... | re-recording mixer (uncredited) |
Regina Mullen | ... | post-production sound intern (uncredited) |
Colin Wood | ... | sound operator (uncredited) |
Mel Zelniker | ... | adr recordist (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
John Evans | ... | special effects supervisor (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Maurice Arnold | ... | camera assistant |
Mike Fox | ... | camera operator |
Cedric James | ... | camera assistant |
David James | ... | still photographer |
Alex Thomson | ... | photographer: second unit |
Jimmy Turrell | ... | camera operator |
Michael Beauchamp | ... | grip: second unit (uncredited) |
Robin Browne | ... | helicopter cameraman (uncredited) |
Frank Clissold | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
John Golding | ... | focus puller: second unit (uncredited) |
Ron Hutton | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
H.L. Lee | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
Brian C. Pudney | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
John Sullivan | ... | electrician (uncredited) |
John Tythe | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
Peter Versey | ... | clapper loader: second unit (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gillian Dods | ... | wardrobe |
Richard Pointing | ... | wardrobe |
Mike Jarvis | ... | wardrobe (uncredited) |
Location Management
Ray Freeborn | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Stephen A. Hope | ... | music editor (as Steve Hope) |
John Addison | ... | conductor (uncredited) |
Eric Tomlinson | ... | music engineer (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Ann Skinner | ... | continuity |
Transportation Department
Howard Pugh | ... | driver: cast (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
Brian Doyle | ... | publicist |
Wayne Fitzgerald | ... | title designer |
Howard Jeffrey | ... | production associate / second unit supervisor |
Nora Kaye | ... | assistant: Mr. Ross |
Nat Weiss | ... | publicist |
Diane Appleby | ... | publicity secretary (uncredited) |
Cara Farnes | ... | producer's secretary (uncredited) |
Peter Lancaster | ... | production accountant (uncredited) |
Stephen Long | ... | assistant accountant (uncredited) |
Christopher Newman | ... | production runner (uncredited) |
Pat Pennelegion | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Mary Richards | ... | associate producer's secretary (uncredited) |
Michele Tandy | ... | accounts secretary (uncredited) |
Tony Webb | ... | production runner (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Universal Pictures (1976) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (1976) (United States) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1978) (Finland) (theatrical)
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1981) (United States) (tv) (broadcast premiere)
- MCA Home Video (1982) (United States) (VHS)
- CIC Video (1987) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- France 3 (1989) (France) (tv) (as FR3) (dubbed version)
- Filmes Lusomundo (1980) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Universal Films of India (1979) (India) (theatrical) (as Universal Pictures India)
- Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
- Esselte Video (1980) (Finland) (VHS)
- Future Film (2012) (Finland) (DVD)
- KSM (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
- Shout! Factory (2013) (United States) (DVD)
- Shout! Factory (2013) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- TV3 (1988) (Finland) (tv)
- Umbrella Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2011) (United States) (DVD) (Universal Vault Series)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Anvil Film and Records Group (music recorded at)
- Baskervilles Investment (characters used with the permission of: Sherlock Holmes and other characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
- George Newnes (title drawings first published: Strand Magazine)
- Panavision (lenses and Panaflex camera)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.
Written by James Meek |
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Taglines | The Story is True...only the facts have been made up. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | $5,000,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The part of Mycroft Holmes was originally offered to Orson Welles. See more » |
Goofs | When Holmes, Watson and Freud are attacked by rampaging horses, the trainer can be seen running behind the horses in long shots. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in A Star Is Born, King Kong, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The Enforcer, Network, Rocky, Nickelodeon, Silver Streak (1976). See more » |
Soundtracks | The Madame's Song (I Never Do Anything Twice) See more » |
Crazy Credits | In the opening titles, there are footnotes concerning many of the characters. See more » |
Quotes |
Sigmund Freud:
Who am I that your friends should wish us to meet? Sherlock Holmes: Beyond the fact that you are a brilliant Jewish physician who was born in Hungary and studied for a while in Paris, and that certain radical theories of yours have alienated the respectable medical community so that you have severed your connections with various hospitals and branches of the medical fraternity, beyond this I can deduce little. You're married, with a child of... five. You enjoy Shakespeare and possess a sense of honor. See more » |