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Without a Clue (1988)

Without a Clue Directed by
Thom Eberhardt

Writing credits (WGA)
Gary Murphy (written by) &
Larry Strawther (written by)

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Genre: Comedy / Crime / Mystery (more)

Tagline: The outrageous comedy about the world's greatest detective and his bumbling partner...Sherlock Holmes. (more)

Plot Outline: A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective - Dr Watson. (more) (view trailer)

User Comments: Witty entertaining farcical romp (more)

User Rating: *******___ 6.7/10 (1,485 votes) Vote Here

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Caine .... Sherlock Holmes
Ben Kingsley .... Dr. John Watson
Jeffrey Jones .... Inspector Lestrade
Lysette Anthony .... Impostor Leslie Giles
Paul Freeman .... Professor James Moriarty
Nigel Davenport .... Lord Smithwick
Pat Keen .... Mrs. Hudson
Peter Cook .... Norman Greenhough
Tim Killick .... Sebastian
Matthew Savage .... Wiggins
John Warner .... Peter Giles
Matthew Sim .... Real Leslie Giles
Harold Innocent .... Lord Mayor Gerald Fitzwalter Johnson
George Sweeney .... John Clay
Murray Ewan .... Archie
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Also Known As:
Sherlock and Me
The Imposter of Baker Street (UK) (working title)
Runtime: 107 min
Country: UK
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Dolby
Certification: Spain:T / Singapore:PG / Australia:PG / Sweden:11 / UK:PG / USA:PG

Trivia: The opening sequence of the movie is inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes story "The Red-Headed League." In the story, Sherlock Holmes captures John Clay and his accomplice, Archie. John Clay even calls out at one point, "Jump, Archie, and I'll swing for it!" (more)

Goofs: Anachronisms: The postcard from Lesley has a picture of the Eiffel Tower occupying one entire side. Postcards of this type did not exist anywhere until 1901 or 1902, and in France not until 1904. (more)

Quotes: Sherlock Holmes: I've got it! His real name is Arty-Morti! (more)

Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination (more)
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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Witty entertaining farcical romp, 4 May 2002
9/10
Author: BadWebDiver from Perth, Australia

This si a great story idea speculating on the assumption that the real genius of the famous Conan Doyle detective duo is Dr Watson, the academic. The acclaimed Sherlock Holmes is just a publicity front, played by a hack actor, while Watson does the real sleuthing.

It an interesting idea and Ben Kingsley and Michael Caine make it work exceptionally well. This is one of those films where the comedy works best if it's played totally deadpan seriously (which is the case with most comedy in fact). If you run along with this idea, it runs as a very intriguing and wonderfully fun story, almost on par with any other classic Holmes film.

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