A Study in Terror
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
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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?
00:17:26 A parcel for you, Mr Holmes. Incredible, Holmes!
00:21:35 He is dead. Oh. Of what accident?
00:25:29 Observe, Watson - a foreign name. Uncanny.
00:28:25 All right.
00:30:58 221b Baker Street, please, cabbie.
00:33:47 Dr John Watson of Baker Street.
00:37:54 As I said, I went to Paris and found my brother had thrown up his studies and returned to England.
00:40:55 Lady fair saw him there All her neck and shoulders bare
00:43:55 Information? What about? About the disappearance of Michael Osborne.
00:47:00 Watch your back. I saw movement in the shadow a moment ago.
00:52:05 It is the social and moral crimes that must be ended in Whitechapel
00:55:27 You mean you had anticipated my request? That, Prime Minister, is my business.
00:59:01 With your permission. Be careful. Her head is almost severed.
01:02:08 Stop sawing away on that! It was a sad day when Mother gave it to you.
01:05:56 'Ere.
01:13:14 You've heard about his wife - vicious, depraved creature!
01:16:13 You can't suspect that poor lunatic! All possibilities have to be considered.
01:20:37 Someone wanted to interest me in Michael Osborne.
01:24:02 Father, Mr Sherlock Holmes is here.
01:30:51 Max!
01:34:06 He is middle-aged, goes out little, with grizzled hair which has been cut in the last few days. Also...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed746
Dialogue density7.9 lines / min
First line00:00:52
Final line01:34:06
Production Record
DirectorJames Hill
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,657