Movie
The Sign of Four
Overview
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-03-07
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Granada Television
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes
- Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson
- Jenny Seagrove as Mary Morstan
- Ronald Lacey as Thaddeus und Bartholomew Sholto
- John Thaw as Jonathan Small
- Emrys James as Inspector Athelney Jones
- Alf Joint as McMurdo
- Kiran Shah as Tonga
- Terence Skelton as Captain Morstan
- Rosalie Williams as Mrs. Hudson
- Robin Hunter as Major Sholto
- William Ash as Jack Smith
Crew
- Peter Hammond - Director
- John Hawkesworth - Writer
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