The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
1975 · 1h 31m · PG
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Gene Wilder
Overview
After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes is called upon to help solve a crucial case that leads him on a hilarious trail of false identities, stolen documents, secret codes... and exposed backsides.
Director and cast
- Gene Wilder Director
- Gene Wilder as Sigerson Holmes
- Madeline Kahn as Jenny Hill
- Marty Feldman as Sgt. Orville Stanley Sacker
- Dom DeLuise as Eduardo Gambetti
- Leo McKern as Moriarty
- Roy Kinnear as Moriarty's Assistant
- John Le Mesurier as Lord Redcliff
- Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes
- Michael Crane as Renato
- Albert Finney as Man in Audience at Opera
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