After closing another successful investigation, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson return to their home at Baker Street. When they are alone, we can see the true dynamic in this duo - Doctor Watson is the one that actually solves the mysteries while Sherlock Holmes is just an actor, who Watson uses as a front for the media. But this time Watson decides that he has enough of this cooperation - he has to do all the work, while Holmes drinks too much, talks too much and causes more damage than good. He throws Reginald Kincaid (because that is the real name of the actor) out of their home and plans to start to work on his own. Soon a big case comes up - the printing matrix used by the Bank of England to manufacture pound notes has been stolen and the man responsible for them also disappeared. Watson is ready to take this case and put his powerful mind to work... but nobody takes him seriously. Not the media, not the police, not the chairman of the Bank of England - they all treat him as a goofy sidekick to the great detective Sherlock Holmes. Watson has no other option than to find Kincaid and ask him to take the part of Holmes again.
A brilliant comedy that parodies the well-known style of Arthur Conan Doyle and his novels about Sherlock Holmes, but with the nice twist that Sherlock Holmes is, in fact, just a bumbling actor, a clumsy idiot who likes to drink and have some fun, while Watson is the brain behind that duo. The idea was great, the script was fresh, great performance from a marvellous cast (Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley) - a must-see!
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| Gary Murphy and Larry Strawthe The authors of the Without a Clue script, Gary Murphy and Larry Strawther, were writers associated primarily with TV sitcoms. Their credits include such titles as Night Court, Malcolm in the Middle, Caroline in the City, The Sinbad Show or God, the Devil and Bob. |
Sherlock Holmes: What are you doing? Sherlock Holmes: [pretending in front of witnesses that he investigates, looking up on the trees] What am I looking for? |
