Acting
'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)
A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.
A London lady comes to Holmes in curiosity about her newest lodger. After first renting the room, arranging for meals and newspaper to be left at the door, and paying a very high fee, he disappears completely. Or, is it someone else now inside the room?
An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death.
Lord Nelson's life, loves and death.
Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:
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Sacked clerk inherits £3000 a year and struggles when thrust into high society.
'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)
Inspector Hanaud is asked to investigate a murder in which a young woman is accused of killing her wealthy employer in a Riviera mansion and then running away. She is innocent, but the villain is able to make her seem guilty. Hanaud uncovers the truth, that the murder was the result of a jewel robbery gone wrong.
A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.
Holmes is called to a manor house to investigate the brutal murder of a country lord with a fireplace poker and reconcile the story of his bruised and battered wife with the facts.
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
