Product Details

• Actors: Ronald Howard
• Directors: Multi
• Format: Full Screen, NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Digiview
• DVD Release Date: April 4, 2004
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00044B9IY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #385,574 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value, February 21, 2005

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Phillip Stewart (Colorado Springs, CO, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes [Slim Case] (DVD)

On this DVD in a thin cardboard case you get three half hour episodes of the 1954-55 Sherlock Holmes TV series, with Ronald Howard playing the title character.

1. The Case of the Cunningham Heritage (1954-10-18)

2. The Case of the Lady Beryl (1954-10-25)

3. The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun (1954-11-01)

For some cheap entertainment you can't go wrong.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 1950 Holmes good in quality, weak in dvd transfer, February 14, 2012

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Bennet Pomerantz "Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD" (College Park, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (DVD)

The 1954-1955 Sherlock Holmes show, which made the rounds of PBS stations for years, has been released again to home video. This show that was fully shot in France with a full British cast was shown in 30 minute episodes. This 39 Holmes adventures were well crafted short shows and is in the originak Black and white, but the script quality was there for the 1950 show.

Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion-Crawford as Watson are not as good as the film Holmes and Watson (Rathbone and Bruce). However they will keep you interested.

Thr problem of these episodes on DVD seem almost washed out like they are a copy of a copy transfers. The sound quality is sometime muddled. But these 1959 shows are worth watching, Just dont watch all the 19 abd a half hours in one sitting.

Also, on this collection is four Holmes films..The Woman in Green (with Rathbone & Bruce) and three early Holmes from the 1930's with Arthur Wontner. The transfer is weak on these as well. Mill Creek has done better transfers to DVD!

For those who havent seen it, get it... watch it..for others , its worth a look.

I give it three stars for great content, but weak picture

Bennet Pomerantz
AUDIOWORLD

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Multiple interpretations help keep Holmes fresh., December 22, 2011

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Michael Noga "Jumping kings and making Haste ... (Ramen Noodle Arms Bachelor Apartments near Chicago Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (DVD)

This is a nice little set of Holmes adventures featuring 3 different interpretations of The Great Detective.

First you have The Woman in Green, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Holmes must solve a series of murders that each involve the same set of weird details, but that seem unrelated in other respects. Scotland Yard, as usual in these movies, is on the wrong track, but Holmes eventually hounds out the truth which involves severed finger, Professor Moriarty and a beautiful, evil and icy hypnotist played by Hilary Brooke.

Murder at the Baskervilles stars Arthur Wontner as Holmes and Ian Fleming as Watson. While vacationing at Baskerville Hall they run across a case of murder most foul in a story based on the original Silver Blaze. Wontner played his Holmes a little differently than Rathbone, making him a bit more pleasant and his relationship with Watson more congenial.

The Sign of the Four also stars Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. This time a young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her. It's based more or less on the original story by Doyle. Again Wontner portrays a wryly intelligent Holmes that operates a little less arrogantly than Rathbone's portrayal.

In The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes good old Sherlock, retired to Sussex, takes on an American secret society known as the Scowlers. The movie sticks relatively close to the source material, in this case THE VALLEY OF FEAR. It is good stuff and probably my favorite of the Wontner Holmes movies.

Sherlock Holmes: This set also includes another great interpretation of Sherlock Holmes that of Ronald Howard in the French produced TV series. Each episode is about 30 minutes long and some of the stories are based on Doyle's work while others are original works. Holmes is portrayed in a more human light here and the series also features some nice dry humor. While the sets are low budget, the writing and much of the acting is high quality.

Over all I think this is a great set. You have a variety of interpretations of Holmes and all are well done in their own way.