They Might be Giants (movie 1971)
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
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They Might be Giants is an American movie released on 9 june 1971, produced by Universal Pictures, starring George C. Scott as Justin Playfair and Joanne Woodward as Dr. Mildred Watson. 98 min.
This parody is an adaptation of the 1961 play : They Might Be Giants with Harry H. Corbett as Justin Playfair.
Plot summary
Justin Playfair, who think he is Sherlock Holmes, and Watson live in the contemporary New York. Justin is a paranoid and Dr. Watson a psychiatrist woman fascinated by this patient. She follows Justin through Manhattan in the footsteps of a complicated crime affair.
Cast
- Justin Playfair : George C. Scott
- Dr. Mildred Watson : Joanne Woodward
- Wilbur Peabody : Jack Gilford
- Blevins Playfair : Lester Rawlins
- Messenger : Al Lewis
- Daisy Playfair : Rue McClanahan
- Dr. Strauss : Ron Weyand
- Mr. Small : Oliver Clark
- Peggy : Theresa Merritt
- Miss Finch : Jenny Egan
- Phone Operator : Jane Hoffman
- Security Agent : Michael McGuire
- Policeman : Eugene Roche
- Mr. Brown : James Tolkan
- Grace : Kitty Winn
- Maud : Sudie Bond
- Winthrop : Staats Cotsworth
- Clyde the Bailiff : F. Murray Abraham
- Chestnut Man : Paul Benedict
- Cleaner #1 : M. Emmet Walsh
- Cleaner #2 : Louis Zorich
- Taxi driver : Ted Beniades
- Mr. Bagg : Worthington Miner
- Mrs. Bagg : Frances Fuller
- Mart director : Ralph Clanton
- Lieutenant : John McCurry
Uncredited
- Teenager : Candice Azzara
- Chief : Tony Capodilupo
- Teenager : Matthew Cowles
- Phone Operator : Dorothy Greener
- Mr. Brown's Driver : Jacques Sandulescu
Crew
- Director : Anthony Harvey
- Screenplay : James Goldman
- Producers : John Foreman, Jennings Lang, Paul Newman
- Music : John Barry
- Costumes : Fern Buchner, Ann Roth
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