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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Mystery · Crime · TV Movie · 2004
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.4 / 10
Community rating
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking?
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
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“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Simon Cellan Jones
Written by
Allan Cubitt
Put Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.





