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The Return of Sherlock Holmes - The Second Stain - Sherlock Holmes VHS Video
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes - The Second Stain - Sherlock Holmes VHS Video
Features
Director: David Carson, John Madden
Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Rated: NR
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Video Release Date: March 28, 1990
VHS Features:
- NTSC format (US and Canada only. This VHS will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about Quotes & Trivia
- ASIN: 630161173X
- Average Customer Review:
 Based on 3 reviews.
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Amazon.com
Arguably the most entertaining and satisfying episode from the entire Granada Television series about Sherlock Holmes, The Second Stain finds Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous sleuth facing intertwining problems, each with very different consequences. On the one hand, a saber-rattling letter to the British government from a "foreign potentate" has disappeared from the hands of the Rt. Honorable Trelawney Hope (Stuart Wilson), which could incite a major war if it turns up in some visible way. On the other hand, Hope's wife, Lady Hilda (Patricia Hodge), appears to know something about the letter's disposition, but she won't say on pain of some undefined disaster to her marriage. Holmes (Jeremy Brett in his finest hour) and Dr. Watson (a wonderful performance by Edward Hardwicke) can't unravel one mystery without tackling the other, and then there is a murder to boot. The results are well worth the story complications that ensue. The look of epiphany on Brett's face when the ever-clueless Inspector Lestrade (Colin Jeavons) tells Holmes about an odd detail in the murder victim's home--the placement of a certain bloodstained rug doesn't correspond to the location of the soaked-through stain on the floor below--is enormous fun. --Tom Keogh
Reader Reviews
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
A mixed bag, November 30, 2001
Reviewer:
Jeffrey M. Reed
from Hinsdale, New York United States
I would have a hard time saying that this is one of the best in the series. There is very little suspense, Watson's role is smaller than usual, and I'm not sure the story holds up. Still, this episode does have several features to recommend it. First, the comical Inspector Lestrade is at his best. Second, Brett's facial expressions are masterful. In fact, this may be his best performance. Third, the story is both deadly serious (consider that Conan Doyle wrote this 15 years before WWI) and hilarious, with Holmes' sexism and carelessness with matches providing good laughs. In my opinion, The Hound is still the best in the series, but you really can't go wrong with any of them.
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