Hands of a Murderer

From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Hands of a Murderer (1990)

Hands of a Murderer is a British TV movie produced by Greeen Pond Productions Inc., Storke Enterprises, William F. Storke & Robert E. Fuisz, Yorkshire International Films Ltd. first released on 16 May 1990 (USA), starring Edward Woodward as Sherlock Holmes and John Hillerman as Dr. Watson. 90 min.



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Cast

Uncredited


  • Director : Stuart Orme
  • Screenplay : Charles Edward Pogue
  • Executive Producer : Robert E. Fuisz
  • Associate Producer : Geoffrey W. Lowe
  • Executive Producer : William F. Storke
  • Music : Colin Towns
  • Cinematography : Ken Westbury
  • Film Editor : Keith Palmer
  • Production Design : Malcolm Middleton
  • Art Direction : Leslie Tomkins
  • Set Decoration : Ian Whittaker
  • Costume Design : Sue Yelland
  • Chief Hair Stylist : Jan Archibald
  • Chief Makeup Artist : Christine Beveridge
  • Assistant Makeup Artist : Sallie Evans
  • Assistant Hair Stylist : Peter Shepherd
  • Production Manager : Roger Simons
  • Third Assistant Director : Antony Ford
  • Second Assistant Director : Mark Goddard
  • First Assistant Director : Roger Simons
  • Second Unit Director : Jason White
  • Construction Manager : Terry Apsey
  • Props : Barry Gibbs
  • Production Buyer : Roger Hulme
  • Dressing Props : Darryl Paterson
  • Supervisor Painter : Adrian Start
  • Property Master : Arthur Wicks
  • Sound Editor : Michael Crouch
  • Boom Operator : John Salter
  • Sound Recordist : Peter Sutton
  • Foley Editor : Len Tremble
  • Assistant Sound Editor : Liz Webber
  • Special Effects : John Evans
  • Assistant Camera : Robert Bridges
  • Camera Operator : Trevor Coop
  • Best Boy : Brian Martin
  • Camera Grip : Joe Martin
  • Electrician : Don Maton
  • Gaffer : Reg Parsons
  • Electrician : Ron Rampton
  • Assistant Camera : Nigel Seal
  • Focus Puller : Danny Shelmerdine
  • Camera Operator: Second Unit : Nigel Slatter
  • Electrician : Jim Terry
  • Electrician : John Turner
  • Second Assistant Editor : Peter Matthews
  • First Assistant Editor : Hugo Middleton
  • Location Manager : Rufus Andrews
  • Unit Nurse : Rosie Bedford-Stradling
  • Production Coordinator : Elaine Burt
  • Script Supervisor : Marilyn Clarke
  • Location Manager : Peter Elford


Plot summary

When Professor Moriarty escapes the gallows - literally in a puff of smoke - Sherlock Holmes finds himself once again in pursuit of his old nemesis. Soon after the escape, Holmes' brother Mycroft asks him to work at identifying a leak in British Intelligence. Uncharacteristically, he refuses to help until he realizes that Moriarty is behind the missing State secrets. He learns that a very seductive woman, Sophie DeVere, has been hypnotizing one of Mycroft's young assistants to steal the information. When Moriarty is unable to decode the secret message he has stolen, he kidnaps Mycroft in order to get the information.