A bored Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson head for Loch Ness in search of the missing husband of Gabrielle Valladon (Genevieve Page). The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
4 November 1908, Liverpool, England, UK
1929, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
1 May 1918, Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, UK
27 December 1901, Maida Vale, London, England, UK
13 December 1927, Paris, France
July 2, 1920 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
27 May 1922, Belgravia, London, England, UK
29 December 1921, Garches, Hauts-de-Seine, France
11 October 1906, St. Petersburg, Russia
24 April 1936, Manchester, England, UK
13 March 1940, London, England, UK
January 11, 1911 in Cardiff, Wales, UK
1951, Hampstead, London, England, UK
29 May 1893, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
15 January 1921, Dulwich, London, England, UK
14 July 1931, Bristol, England, UK
3 June 1902, Hampstead, London, England, UK
August 21, 1907 in Lewisham, London, England, UK
16 April 1931, London, England, UK
2 March 1919, Tyumen, Russia
21 March 1917, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
1 April 1926, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
3 August 1911, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
6 May 1904, Paddington, London, England, UK
September 27, 2014
Holmes is an extremely amusing and engaging picture, taking care of all the expected detective work as it offers a few surprises of its own.September 29, 2005
Wilder's second most underrated masterpiece.October 23, 2004
Before the movie is 20 minutes old, Wilder has settled for simply telling a Sherlock Holmes adventure.August 14, 2007
It is in large part old-fashioned, in that it's mile-wide and ancient-history Sherlock Holmes, but it's also handsomely produced and directed with incisiveness by Wilder.January 01, 2000
Affectionately conceived, chock-full of marvelous subtleties, this meticulously constructed adventure-romance shouldn't be missed.December 30, 2006
A true evocation of the spirit of the Strand Magazine, this is the best Holmes movie ever made and sorely underrated in the Wilder canon.August 18, 2008
This existing version is still fascinating, funny and clever.July 22, 2014
The plotting is weak, and ill-served by the movie's generally lackadaisical approach; but the dialogue is witty, and Wilder and Diamond get a lot of mileage out of the idea that Sherlock Holmes is as fragile as he is brilliant.February 09, 2006
A wonderful, cruelly underrated film.January 01, 2000
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is comparatively mild Billy Wilder and rather daring Sherlock Holmes, not a perfect mix, perhaps, but a fond and entertaining one.