Episode
Sherlock Holmes: The Creeping Man
Overview
The daughter of scientist Professor Presbury sees her father's face at her second-storey window; Holmes connects this with recent zoo thefts.
Details
- Series
- Sherlock Holmes
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 6
- Air date
- 1991-03-28
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
The Creeping Man is Episode 6 in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes of Sherlock Holmes. It aired on 1991-03-28. The runtime is 49 min.
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