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Murder by Decree (1979)
Directed by Bob Clark
“The Jack the Ripper Murders. Sherlock Holmes lifts the veil of secrecy, corruption and terror at the heart of the throne of England itself. Clue by clue... Murder by murder...”
Crime, Mystery, Thriller · 2h 04m
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
Cast
Christopher Plummer
Sherlock Holmes
James Mason
Dr. Watson
David Hemmings
Inspector Foxborough
Susan Clark
Mary Kelly
Anthony Quayle
Sir Charles Warren
John Gielgud
Prime Minister
Frank Finlay
Inspector Lestrade
Donald Sutherland
Robert Lees
Geneviève Bujold
Annie Crook
Chris Wiggins
Dr. Hardy
Tedde Moore
Mrs. Lees
C
Catherine Kessler
Carrie
Crew
- Director
- Bob Clark
- Screenplay
- John Hopkins
- Novel
- Elwyn Jones, John Lloyd
- Director of Photography
- Reginald H. Morris
- Original Music Composer
- Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza
- Editor
- Stan Cole
- Producer
- René Dupont, Bob Clark, Robert A. Goldston
Details
- Release date
- 1979-02-01
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French
- Countries
- Canada, United Kingdom
- Production
- Canadian Film Development Corporation, Famous Players