The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Gene Wilder

Writer:

Gene Wilder (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

14 December 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Comedy | Mystery

Plot:

The younger brother of the consulting detective tries to steal Sherlock's glory by solving an important case assisted by an eccentric Scotland Yard detective and a lovely but suspicious actress.

Plot Keywords:

Queen Victoria | Punctuation In Title | Spoof | Sherlock Holmes | Nudity

Cast

Gene Wilder	...	Sigerson Holmes
Madeline Kahn	...	Jenny Hill
Marty Feldman	...	Sgt. Orville Sacker
Dom DeLuise	...	Eduardo Gambetti (as Dom De Luise)
Leo McKern	...	Moriarty
Roy Kinnear	...	Moriarty's Assistant
John Le Mesurier	...	Lord Redcliff
Douglas Wilmer	...	Sherlock Holmes
Thorley Walters	...	Dr. Watson
George Silver	...	Bruner
Nicholas Smith	...	Hunkston
John Hollis	...	Moriarty's Gunman
Aubrey Morris	...	Coach Driver
Tommy Godfrey	...	Fred
Susan Field	...	Queen Victoria
Joseph Behrmannis	...	Russian bidding for Redcliff Document
Wolfe Morris	...	Frenchman, bidding for Redcliffe Document
Julian Orchard	...	Man in Tails
Kenneth Benda	...	Butler
Michael Crane	...	Renato
Tony Sympson	...	Opera Conductor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Brennan	...	Concert Guest (uncredited)
Albert Finney	...	Cameo appearance (man in audience at opera) (uncredited)

Directed by
Gene Wilder

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Arthur Conan Doyle		characters (uncredited)
Gene Wilder		writer

Produced by
Charles Orme	....	associate producer
Richard A. Roth	....	producer

Original Music by
John Morris

Cinematography by
Gerry Fisher		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jim Clark

Casting by
Irene Lamb

Production Design by
Terence Marsh

Art Direction by
Alan Tomkins

Costume Design by
Ruth Myers

Makeup Department
Stuart Freeborn	....	chief makeup
Bobbie Smith	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Eric Rattray	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Tomblin	....	assistant director

Art Department
George Ball	....	property master
Peter Dukelow	....	construction manager
Peter Howitt	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Dino Di Campo	....	dubbing editor
Simon Kaye	....	sound recordist
Doug E. Turner	....	dubbing mixer

Special Effects by
Roy Whybrow	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Bernard Ford	....	camera operator
John Jay	....	still photographer
Shaun O'Dell	....	clapper loader
Ray Potter	....	chief electrician
Don Brown	....	video playback operator (uncredited)
Laurie Shane	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rita Wakely	....	wardrobe (as Rita Wakeley)

Editorial Department
Nigel Galt	....	assistant editor
Christopher Greenbury	....	assistant editor (as Chris Greenbury)

Music Department
John Morris	....	orchestrator
Jonathan Tunick	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Georgiana Hamilton	....	continuity (as Georgina Hamilton)
William Hobbs	....	fight arranger and advisor
Alan Johnson	....	choreographer
Gail Mutrux	....	assistant: Mr. Wilder
Domini Winter	....	assistant choreographer

Production Companies

• Jouer Films
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1975) (USA) (theatrical)
• Magnetic Video (1980) (USA) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment España S.A. (2006) (Spain) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox (USA) (laserdisc)
• TCF (UK)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  sound re-recording
• The Music Studio  music recorded at

Also Known As:

Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (USA) (promotional title)

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Spain:T | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:L | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) | USA:PG

Company:

Jouer Films

Trivia:

Sigerson Holmes and Orville Sacker were the names used in Arthur Conan Doyle's first draft of a Holmes story. Also see Holmes parting comment to Watson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) (quotes).

Goofs:

Continuity: The reflections of Orville and Sigerson in the mirror after they discover they have naked backsides don't match the actors' movements.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Royal Herald: The Foreign Secretary, Lord Redcliff!
Lord Redcliff: [rehearsing what to say under his breath] Your Majesty, being inside of your confidence is the greatest joy I've ever known. Ahem...
Queen Victoria: [handing him the document] Lord Redcliff, the fate of England is now in your hands.
Lord Redcliff: Your Confidence... being inside of Your Majesty is the greatest single joy I've ever known.
[realizing what he's said, he tosses the document away]
Lord Redcliff: Woof!
Lord Redcliff: It's alright, Your Majesty! I've got it! I've got it. All's well that ends well!
Queen Victoria: Shit.

Movie Connections:

References The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Soundtrack:

The Kangaroo Hop

Very funny film

One of the funniest films ever. Several comic geniuses on the top of their form and more great lines and inspired sequences than I could begin to tell. And 'The Kangaroo Hop', the best song ever. See it now.

Nothing more to add. I wish everyone in the world had seen it so I wouldn't get strange looks when I suddenly start saying, 'LIAR!' or 'They BOUNCED out of the room...' Excellent, a million out of ten.