Sherlock Holmes - S01E00 - The Speckled Band (BBC, 1964) [VHS rip (XVID)]

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Sherlock Holmes – The Speckled Band (VHS Rip)

Starring Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Stock as Dr. Watson.

BBC, 1964

File Size 350 mb

Resolution 512x384

Audio 96 kbps

Video 880 kbps



Director:

Robin Midgley

Writers:

Giles Cooper (script)

Arthur Conan Doyle (short story)



IMDB user comment:

"'The Speckled Band' was one of the better Sherlock Holmes stories, and as such, it is not surprising that the BBC chose it as a pilot for their series pairing Douglas Wilmer as Holmes with Nigel Stock as Watson.



Shot in black and white on a Baker Street set built at Ealing Studios, this series starts well and, in 50 minutes, the story is told in a compact and economic form which, nevertheless, leaves the viewer in some suspense about the outcome.



This version of 'Speckled Band' was very interesting to compare with the Granada Brett version twenty years later. Wilmer makes a perceptive and sardonic Holmes, looking very like the Strand illustrations; while Stock is effective as the war-weary Watson. Guest stars bring to life the minor characters, and despite the aged print, this was absorbing viewing."



Not fantastic quality but the best I could do. Certainly watchable.



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