Product Details

• Actors: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan, Richard Larke, Eugene Deckers
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Timeless Multimedia
• VHS Release Date: February 19, 1997
• Run Time: 53 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 630441434X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #573,910 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and clever short adventures of Sherlock Holmes, December 18, 2011

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Israel Drazin (Boca Raton, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 (DVD)

The 39 episodes of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Ronald Howard as Holmes were made in 1954-1955 in France, staring Englishmen. Each episode, which were made for television, takes about 25 minutes. Volume 2 contains three episodes, cases about a Pennsylvania gun, a Texas cowgirl, and a belligerent ghost. The stories are filled with humor and clever deductions by Holmes. Watson is portrayed as an intelligent man, not as a bumbler as in many other film versions. All of the actors perform well. In the first tale, for example, a squire is found dead in his castle, which is surrounded by a moat. The police say that there were only three people in the house during the murder, the murdered man, his wife, and a guest. There were also servants but the police ruled them out. The murdered man was killed by a gun that was manufactured in Pennsylvania. Holmes seems to act strangely. He says he is going fishing, he slides down a banister, and tells Watson and the police detective that the case will be solved by discovering what happened to a missing dumbbell. But each of his acts was wisely calculated to reveal the murderer.