The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975•1h 31m•6.0/10

ComedyCrimeMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(163)

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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Production

20th Century Fox

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

Sigerson Holmes

Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

Jenny Hill

Marty Feldman

Marty Feldman

Sgt. Orville Stanley Sacker

Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise

Eduardo Gambetti

Leo McKern

Leo McKern

Moriarty

Roy Kinnear

Roy Kinnear

Moriarty's Assistant

John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier

Lord Redcliff

Douglas Wilmer

Douglas Wilmer

Sherlock Holmes

Michael Crane

Renato

Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Man in Audience at Opera

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

Dr. Watson

George Silver

Bruner

Nicholas Smith

Nicholas Smith

Hunkston

John Hollis

John Hollis

Moriarty's Gunman

Aubrey Morris

Aubrey Morris

Coach Driver

Tommy Godfrey

Tommy Godfrey

Fred

Susan Field

Queen Victoria

Wolfe Morris

Frenchman

Julian Orchard

Man in Tails

Kenneth Benda

Kenneth Benda

Butler

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