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[[File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-title.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Elementary My Dear Watson (1973)]]

''Elementary My Dear Watson: The Strange Case of the Dead Solicitors'' is the 3rd episode in season 13 of the British TV show ''Comedy Playhouse'' which was a collection of series pilots. Starring [[John Cleese]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[William Rushton]] as [[Dr. Watson]]. Produced by BBC and aired on 18 january 1973. 30 min.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are investigating on the murder of 5 solicitors stabbed in the back and dead in the same exact position. Moriarty is suspected, but eventually it's Fu Manchu that will be arrested. At the same time, Lady Cynthia asked Holmes for help as she is threatened by a rattle snake (being a reference to the [[SPEC|Speckled Band]]), but the detective will never arrive at her house in time and she will die... 


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== Photos ==

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File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-title2.jpg|''The Strange Case of the Dead Solicitors''
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-holmes.jpg|''Sherlock Holmes''<br />([[John Cleese]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-dr-watson.jpg|''Dr. Watson''<br />([[William Rushton]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-dead-sollicitors.jpg|''The dead sollicitors (crime scene)''
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-moriarty.jpg|''Frank Potter / Moriarty''<br />([[Bill Maynard]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-lady-cynthia.jpg|''Lady Cynthia''<br />([[Josephine Tewson]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-inspector-street.jpg|''Inspector Street''<br />([[Norman Bird]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-constable.jpg|''Constable''<br />([[Chic Murray]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-fu-manchu.jpg|''Fu Manchu''<br />([[Larry Martyn]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-prime-minister.jpg|''Prime Minister''<br />([[John Wells]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-truscott.jpg|''Supt. Truscott''<br />([[Michael Gover]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-rupert.jpg|''Rupert''<br />([[Michael Knowles]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-secretary.jpg|''Secretary''<br />([[Helen Lambert]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-mabel.jpg|''Mabel''<br />([[Rosemary Lord]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-airport-loader.jpg|''Airport loader''<br />([[Ivor Salter]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-lady-journal.jpg|''Lady''<br />([[Rose Hill]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-newsboy.jpg|''Newsboy''<br />([[Colin Bean]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-security-man.jpg|''Security man''<br />([[Gordon Faith]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-robert-robinson.jpg|''Call My Bluff Referee''<br />([[Robert Robinson]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-dawn-addams.jpg|''Herself''<br />([[Dawn Addams]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-alan-coren.jpg|''Himself''<br />([[Alan Coren]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-frank-muir.jpg|''Himself''<br />([[Frank Muir]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-patrick-campbell.jpg|''Himself''<br />([[Patrick Campbell]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-morag-hood.jpg|''Herself''<br />([[Morag Hood]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-john-carson.jpg|''Himself''<br />([[John Carson]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-holmes2.jpg|''Sherlock Holmes''<br />([[John Cleese]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-sh-w1.jpg|''Sherlock Holmes'' ([[John Cleese]]) and ''Dr. Watson'' ([[William Rushton]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-sh-w2.jpg|''Sherlock Holmes'' ([[John Cleese]]) and ''Dr. Watson'' ([[William Rushton]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-sh-w3.jpg|''Sherlock Holmes'' ([[John Cleese]]) and ''Dr. Watson'' ([[William Rushton]])
File:1973-comedy-playhouse-elementary-my-dear-watson-holmes-violin.jpg|''Sherlock Holmes''<br />([[John Cleese]])
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== Cast ==

* '''Sherlock Holmes''' : [[John Cleese]]
* '''Dr. Watson''' : [[William Rushton]]
* '''Frank Potter / Moriarty''' : [[Bill Maynard]]
* '''Lady Cynthia''' : [[Josephine Tewson]]
* '''Inspector Street''' : [[Norman Bird]]
* '''Constable''' : [[Chic Murray]]
* '''Fu Manchu''' : [[Larry Martyn]]
* '''Prime Minister''' : [[John Wells]]
* '''Supt. Truscott''' : [[Michael Gover]]
* '''Rupert''' : [[Michael Knowles]]
* '''Secretary''' : [[Helen Lambert]]
* '''Mabel''' : [[Rosemary Lord]]
* '''Airport loader''' : [[Ivor Salter]]
* '''Lady''' : [[Rose Hill]]
* '''Newsboy''' : [[Colin Bean]]
* '''Security man''' : [[Gordon Faith]]
* '''Call My Bluff Referee / Himself''' : [[Robert Robinson]]
* '''Call My Bluff contestants'''
** '''Herself''' : [[Dawn Addams]]
** '''Himself''' : [[Alan Coren]]
** '''Himself''' : [[Frank Muir]]
** '''Himself''' : [[Patrick Campbell]]
** '''Herself''' : [[Morag Hood]]
** '''Himself''' : [[John Carson]]



== Crew ==

* '''Director''' : [[Harold Snoad]]
* '''Screenplay''' : [[N. F. Simpson]]
* '''Visual Effects''' : John Fiedlander
* '''Film Cameraman''' : Len Newson
* '''Film Recordist''' : Les Collins
* '''Film Editor''' : Mike Crisp
* '''Studio Lighting''' : George Summers
* '''Studio Sound''' : John Delaney
* '''Costume''' : Marjorie Lewis
* '''Make Up''' : Penny Norton
* '''Music''' : Burt Rhodes
* '''Design''' : Raymond Cubick
* '''Producer''' : Barry Took







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* [[Conan Doyle on screen]]