A Study in Terror

Name: A Study in Terror
Director: James Hill
Released: 1965
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: John Neville, Donald Houston, John Fraser, Anthony Quayle, Barbara Windsor

1965 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 2,657 VOTES · DIR. James Hill

Overview

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

Dialogue Timeline — 746 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:52 'Ello. Like a bit of fun?

00:07:20 I could tell the coppers about you and your pub - about what's going on upstairs!

00:11:57 It's me - Annie Chapman! What do you want?

00:17:21 "He"? It might be a woman. The British postman is not a woman.

00:21:32 Do you know his present address?

00:25:26 A narrow street facing south.

00:28:10 I will not argue. I hoped to help prevent the fourth murder. Watson.

00:30:47 That is only conjecture.

00:33:39 Can I help you?

00:37:33 That happens when I follow people. Why did you follow Miss Young?

00:40:44 If you don't mind sitting without a light In these hard times

00:43:37 Here is always a selection - if you're so inclined.

00:46:35 What do you think became of Angela Osborne? That scoundrel said she disappeared from the earth.

00:51:48 Why? Why?!

00:54:56 You wish me to ask my brother to help apprehend the Whitechapel murderer.

00:58:13 If we publish it we add to the fear. The government wants to avoid that.

01:01:31 Consider his family and tell me what happened.

01:04:52 'Ang on a minute. I'll throw you down the key.

01:12:25 About Michael Osborne. I told you before... He wasn't wanted under suspicion of murder before.

01:15:35 How can Lord Carfax let his brother remain here in that condition?

01:19:57 It is profitable. I hope you won't spoil it. It is of no interest to me.

01:22:35 He sent Max to Carfax because his father would never give him a penny.

01:26:10 Who is he?

01:33:15 But Lestrade and the police...?

Cast & Characters

John Neville Sherlock Holmes Donald Houston Doctor Watson John Fraser Lord Edward Carfax Anthony Quayle Doctor Murray Barbara Windsor Annie Chapman Adrienne Corri Angela Osborne Frank Finlay Inspector Lestrade Judi Dench Sally Charles Regnier Joseph Beck Cecil Parker Prime Minister

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed746

Dialogue density7.9 lines / min

First line00:00:52

Final line01:33:15

Production Record

DirectorJames Hill

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,657