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The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
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Title: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

Release Date: 14 Dec 1975

Runtime: 1h 31m

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Director: 20th Century Fox

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

Overview: After spending decades living in the shadow of his more famous and successful sibling, Consulting Detective Sigerson Holmes (Wilder) 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.

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Average Vote: 6 (149 votes)

Cast

  • Sigerson Holmes: Gene Wilder
  • Jenny Hill: Madeline Kahn
  • Sgt. Orville Stanley Sacker: Marty Feldman
  • Eduardo Gambetti: Dom DeLuise
  • Moriarty: Leo McKern
  • Moriarty's Assistant: Roy Kinnear
  • Lord Redcliff: John Le Mesurier
  • Sherlock Holmes: Douglas Wilmer
  • Renato: Michael Crane
  • Man in Audience at Opera: Albert Finney
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