Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• VHS Release Date: December 15, 1994
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302678781
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,256 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) and Dr. Watson (Edward Hardwicke) are brought into an investigation of the murder of a farmer, whose body is found in the woods adjoining land owned by a wealthy property magnate. The victim's own son has been accused of the crime, and he isn't helping matters by refusing to tell police what he and his father were fighting about shortly before the killing. Holmes's investigation pulls the search in a wider direction, but the revelations are no less ghastly. Typically brilliant work from Brett as the ideal incarnation of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional hero, while Hardwicke brings stellar support as the courageous, good-hearted Watson. The Granada Television production is genuinely satisfying for Sherlockians and casual viewers alike. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, October 30, 2000

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Stephen B. Marseille (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: Boscombe Valley Mystery [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'm writing this more as a counter to the previous reviewer's erroneous statements and bewildering rating. He claims it is good, but does not account for the 3/5 stars. Brett is great, the story is classic. The translation is perfect. And furthermore, this is not a story about Holmes's "retirement" years - adapatations be what they may, Doyle's story occured not too long after Watson's marriage - Holmes was middle aged at most and quite active. Brett's illness and age causes a slight alteration of feel in this regard... but that is immaterial to the point.

Then again, anyone reading these comments probably knows the stories well and know how good the actors were in their parts in this series. No need for me to preach to the converted.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Boscombe Valley a lovely diversion, June 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: Boscombe Valley Mystery [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I always love all of Jeremey Brett's Sherlock Holmes episodes, but this one was particularly delightful. This is the only Sherlock Holmes episode in which British actor, James Purefoy, appears. This episode should be listed individually in the James Purefoy filmography here, but it is not listed individually. This was one of Purefoy's first film roles after leaving the Royal Shakespeare Company. Buy this episode, you will love it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Holmes does not want to reveal the truth, April 1, 2011

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Israel Drazin (Boca Raton, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sherlock Holmes: Boscombe Valley Mystery [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The daughter of a very rich land owner read Watson's glowing reports of Sherlock Holmes' ability to solve crimes, and sends him a letter requesting that he come to their area and investigate the murder of a man, and help her by finding that the man's son did not kill his father as the local police maintain and as the coroner's jury decided. Holmes takes Watson along and discovers that the daughter loves the alleged murderer, he loves her, the young man had an argument with his father near a river, he says he saw no one nearby, he walked away from his father, heard him scream, rushed back, and found him dead. His father's head had been crushed by a blunt object and he, the son, had been carrying a rifle. At the coroner's inquest, he refused to reveal what he and his father argued about. This refusal and his admission that he saw no person nearby, prompted the coroner's jury to find him guilty. Holmes crawls about the scene, belly to the ground, and finds evidence that another man had been hiding in the bushes. He also discovers the bizarre history behind the murder, but tells Watson that they can't disclose the truth about the crime and who did it.