The Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Gene Wilder
Leo Mckern
George Silver
Gene Wilder
Julian Orchard
Susan Field
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Sigerson Holmes has been living in the shadow of his famous younger brother Sherlock for years, which has given him a complex. Sigerson feels that he must constantly prove himself to be smarter than the famous detective. So when Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson have to leave the country and Sherlock asks Sigerson to deal with one of his cases, he enthusiastically accepts the challenge. While searching for some missing government documents which may have been stolen by Dr. Moriarty, Sigerson is aided by Scotland Yard detective Olville Sacker who has photographic hearing, and the lovely Jenny Hill.
Director
Gene Wilder
Cast
Leo Mckern
George Silver
Gene Wilder
Julian Orchard
Susan Field
Marty Feldman
Thorley Walters
Madeline Kahn
Douglas Wilmer
Hohn Hollis
Roy Kinnear
Dom Deluise
Tommy Godfrey
Michael Crane
John Le Mesurier
Tony Sympson
Wolfe Morris
Nicholas Smith
Kenneth Bead
Crew
James Clark
Gerry Fisher
Gerry Fisher
William Hobbs
Peter Howitt
Alan Johnson
Simon Kaye
Terence Marsh
John Morris
John Morris
Ruth Myers
Charles Orme
Eric Rattray
Richard A Roth
David Tomblin
Alan Tomkins
Jonathan Tunick
Doug Turner
Giuseppe Verdi
Roy Whybrow
Gene Wilder
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Are you Mister S., for Sigerson, Holmes?- Orville
Perhaps.- Sigerson Holmes
Do you have a brother whose first name is Sherlock?- Orville
I do not.- Sigerson Holmes
You do have a brother?- Orville
The clue obviously lies in the word "cheddar." Let's see now. Seven letters. Rearranged, they come to, let me see: "Rachedd." "Dechdar." "Drechad." "Chaderd" - hello, chaderd! Unless I'm very much mistaken, chaderd is the Egyptian word meaning "to eat fat." Now we're getting somewhere!- Sigerson Holmes
You call this tea?- Sigerson Holmes
No, I call that hot water.- Orville
Trivia
voice of departing assassin after choosing the "lady" door over the "tiger" door only to discover they're both tiger doors.
Sigerson Holmes and Orville Sacker were the names used in Doyle's first draft of a Holmes story. Also see Holmes parting comment to Watson in Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976) (quotes).
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1975
Released in United States 1975
