Movie
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-10-24
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Herbert Ross Productions, Universal Pictures, Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alan Arkin as Dr. Sigmund Freud
- Vanessa Redgrave as Lola Deveraux
- Robert Duvall as Dr. John H. Watson
- Nicol Williamson as Sherlock Holmes
- Laurence Olivier as Professor James Moriarty
- Joel Grey as Lowenstein
- Samantha Eggar as Mary Morstan Watson
- Jeremy Kemp as Baron Karl von Leinsdorf
- Charles Gray as Mycroft Holmes
- Régine as Madame
- Anna Quayle as Freda
- Georgia Brown as Mrs. Freud
Crew
- Herbert Ross - Director
- Nicholas Meyer - Screenplay
- Arthur Conan Doyle - Characters
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