https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=The_Case_of_the_Thistle_Killer The Case of the Thistle Killer - Revision history 2026-06-04T12:28:35Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.44.2 https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=The_Case_of_the_Thistle_Killer&diff=88516&oldid=prev TCDE-Team at 20:45, 15 July 2019 2019-07-15T20:45:00Z <p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom:12px;&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td align=&quot;left&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;&lt; S01E17 [[The Case of the Laughing Mummy]]&#039;&#039;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td align=&quot;right&quot; width=&quot;50%&quot;&gt;&#039;&#039;S01E19 [[The Case of the Vanished Detective]] &gt;&gt;&#039;&#039;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br /> ----<br /> <br /> <br /> [[File:1955-sh-howard-18-title.jpg‎|thumb|300px|right|The Case of the Thistle Killer (1955)]]<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;The Case of the Thistle Killer&#039;&#039; is the 18th episode of the 1954-1955 TV series [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series 1954-1955)|Sherlock Holmes]] starring [[Ronald Howard]] as [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Howard Marion-Crawford]] as [[Dr. Watson]]. Aired on 14 february 1955 on MPTV (USA). Black &amp; White. 27 min.<br /> <br /> Indirect use of the famous Holmes quote « &#039;&#039;When you eliminate the impossible, what remains must be the truth.&#039;&#039; »&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;- How did you guess Holmes?&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &#039;&#039;- Well Lestrade, it was the only answer! The only answer.&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> <br /> __TOC__<br /> <br /> <br /> == Full episode ==<br /> <br /> {{#ev:youtube|l91eJu0E9KU|777x485}}<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Photos ==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery mode=&quot;packed&quot; heights=&quot;180px&quot;&gt;<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-holmes.jpg|&#039;&#039;Sherlock Holmes&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[Ronald Howard]])<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-watson.jpg|&#039;&#039;Dr. John Watson&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[Howard Marion-Crawford]])<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-lestrade.jpg|&#039;&#039;Inspector Lestrade&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[Archie Duncan]])<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-wilkins.jpg|&#039;&#039;Sergeant Wilkins&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[K. Richard Larke|Kenneth Richards]])<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-phoenix.jpg|&#039;&#039;John Phoenix&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[Richard Watson]])<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-superintendant.jpg|&#039;&#039;Superintendant&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[William Smith]])<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-herbert-and-maggie-brown.jpg|&#039;&#039;Herbert and Maggie Brown&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[Rowland Bartrop]])<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-coley.jpg|&#039;&#039;Miss Coley&#039;&#039;<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-constable.jpg|&#039;&#039;Constable&#039;&#039;<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-newsvendor.jpg|&#039;&#039;News Vendor&#039;&#039;<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-last-victim.jpg|&#039;&#039;Last Victim&#039;&#039;<br /> File:1955-sh-howard-18-holmes2.jpg|&#039;&#039;Sherlock Holmes&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;([[Ronald Howard]])<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Cast ==<br /> <br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Sherlock Holmes&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Ronald Howard]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Dr. John Watson&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Howard Marion-Crawford]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Inspector Lestrade&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Archie Duncan]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Sgt. Wilkins&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[K. Richard Larke|Kenneth Richards]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;John Phoenix&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Richard Watson]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Superintendant&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[William Smith]]<br /> &#039;&#039;Uncredited&#039;&#039;<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Herbert Brown&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Rowland Bartrop]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Maggie Brown&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Miss Coley&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Constable&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;News Vendor&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Last Victim&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> <br /> == Crew ==<br /> <br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Director&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Steve Previn]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Producers&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Sheldon Reynolds]] et Nicole Milinaire<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Screenplay&#039;&#039;&#039; : [[Charles Early]], [[Joseph Early]]<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Cinematography&#039;&#039;&#039; : Raymond Clunie<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Production Manager&#039;&#039;&#039; : Sacha Kamenka<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Film Editor&#039;&#039;&#039; : George Gale<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Music&#039;&#039;&#039; : Paul Durand<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Set Designer&#039;&#039;&#039; : Raymond Druart<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Sound Equipment&#039;&#039;&#039; : Poste Parisien<br /> * &#039;&#039;&#039;Engineer&#039;&#039;&#039; : Tony Leenhardt<br /> <br /> <br /> == Plot summary ==<br /> <br /> Lestrade is instructed to recruit Holmes to help find the Thistle Killer after the sixth murder. The police make preparations to catch the killer at Xerxes Park, where Holmes finds him to be a fake policeman.<br /> <br /> <br /> == Titles ==<br /> <br /> * France : &#039;&#039;L&#039;Assassin aux chardons&#039;&#039;<br /> * Germany : &#039;&#039;Der Fall des Distel-Killers&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> * [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series 1954-1955)|Back to episode list]]<br /> * [[Conan Doyle on screen]]</div> TCDE-Team