The Masks of Death (1984)
3.3 of 5 from 48 ratings
1h 16min
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- Synopsis:
In 1913, Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing), virtually in retirement, is persuaded by Inspector Alec MacDonald (Gordon Jackson) of Scotland Yard to take on a baffling case. Three dead bodies have been found in London's East End, all with no discernible cause of death, but the expressions on their faces suggest that they all died in a state of terror. Holmes, accompanied by Dr. Watson (John Mills), begins an investigation, but before he can make any real progress he is visited by the British Home Secretary and a German Diplomat, Count Udo von Felseck (Anton Diffring), who tell Holmes that a German envoy, on a secret mission to Britain, has disappeared from Felseck's house in Buckinghamshire. Unless Holmes can track him down, war between the two countries will become imminent. Holmes considers the possibility that the two matters are related and that someone is not telling him the truth. - Actors:
- Peter Cushing, John Mills, Anne Baxter, Ray Milland, Anton Diffring, Gordon Jackson, Susan Penhaligon, Marcus Gilbert, Jenny Laird, Russell Hunter, James Cossins, Eric Dodson, Georgina Coombs, James Head, Dominic Murphy, Colin Matthews, Dominic St. Clair
- Directors:
- Roy Ward Baker
- Producers:
- Norman Priggen
- Writers:
- Anthony Hinds, Arthur Conan Doyle, N.J. Crisp
- Aka:
- Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Horror, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know: John Mills