Without a Clue

May 5, 1988

1h 47m

★ 6.7

The flip side of Sherlock Holmes

Overview

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

ITC Entertainment

Without a Clue Trailers

Cast

Sherlock Holmes

Michael Caine

Dr. John Watson

Ben Kingsley

Inspector Lestrade

Jeffrey Jones

Impostor Leslie Giles

Lysette Anthony

Lord Smithwick

Nigel Davenport

Greenhough

Peter Cook

Bobby at Warehouse

Gregor Fisher

Prof. James Moriarty

Paul Freeman

John Clay

George Sweeney

Mr. Andrews

John Tordoff

Mrs. Andrews

Alexandra Spencer

Real Lesley

Matthew Sim

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