Episode

Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four

Name: Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Four
Released: 1987-12-29
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Jeremy Brett, Rosalie Williams, Edward Hardwicke, David Burke, Colin Jeavons

Sherlock HolmesThe Return of Sherlock Holmes1987-12-29

Overview

For years after her father's disappearance, the beautiful Miss Mary Morstan receives anonymously every year one large and valuable pearl. When, finally, an invitation arrives to meet the mysterious pearl-giver, Mary Morstan seeks Holmes's advice, and he begins to unravel some remarkable clues, including a poison dart and a man with a wooden leg. What Holmes finds is an old soldier who is determined to punish those who betrayed him and his friends by stealing their oriental treasure.

Details

Series: Sherlock Holmes
Season: Season 4
Episode: Episode 1
Air date: 1987-12-29
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

The Sign of Four is Episode 1 in The Return of Sherlock Holmes of Sherlock Holmes. It aired on 1987-12-29. The runtime is 50 min.

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Episode 2: The Devil's Foot 1988-04-06 | 50 min Reluctantly, after an illness, Holmes takes a holiday in Cornwall, with Watson for company. Then one day he finds himself investigating a mysterious death... after a quiet evening at home playing cards, three local inhabitants have been found in the morning in a terrible way: the two brothers overtaken by sudden mental illness, babbling incoherently, and their sister dead, with her face twisted into a look of terror. Holmes is delighted with the chance to bury his holiday boredom by taking on the case.

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Episode 4: Wisteria Lodge 1988-04-20 | 51 min On a visit to Wisteria Lodge, Scott Eccles gets a strange reception. A mysterious note arrives for his host, Garcia, and the next morning Garcia and his servants have vanished without trace. Eccles consults Holmes, who decides to treat the case as a murder investigation, but it appears that Holmes and Watson are on a wild goose chase.

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