The Masks of Death

Dec 23, 1984

1h 18m

★ 5.6

The last adventure of Sherlock Holmes.

Overview

Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems...

Genres

TV Movie

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Tyburn Film Productions Limited

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Cast

Sherlock Holmes

Peter Cushing

Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

John Mills

Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton

Anne Baxter

Home Secretary

Ray Milland

Graf Udo Von Felseck

Anton Diffring

Inspector Alec MacDonald

Gordon Jackson

Anton Von Felseck

Marcus Gilbert

Miss Derwent

Susan Penhaligon

Mrs. Hudson

Jenny Laird

Alfred Coombs

Russell Hunter

Frederick Bains

James Cossins

Lord Claremont

Eric Dodson

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

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