Murder by Decree (Original title)Sherlock Holmes: Death and Decree (Working title)Sherlock Holmes and Saucy Jack (Alternative title)Sherlock Holmes: Murder by Decree (Alternative title)Death by Decree (Alternative title)
Dates: 1978 (Copyright), 20 March 1980 (Release)Countries: Canada, United KingdomDirected by: Bob Clark
Synopsis: Thriller. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to track down Jack the Ripper and find themselves involved in a conspiracy involving the royal family and the Freemasons.
Genre: Detective drama
Subjects: Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes
Releases
Date: 20 March 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 112 mins Length: 10086 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS VideocassetteDistributor: Embassy Home Entertainment
Dates: 1978 (Copyright), 20 March 1980 (Release)Countries: Canada, United KingdomDirected by: Bob Clark
Synopsis: Thriller. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to track down Jack the Ripper and find themselves involved in a conspiracy involving the royal family and the Freemasons.
Genre: Detective drama
Subjects: Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes
Releases
Date: 20 March 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 112 mins Length: 10086 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors
Date: 1986Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS VideocassetteDistributor: Embassy Home Entertainment
Credits
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Presents: Robert A. Goldston, ©: Saucy Jack Inc, Production Company: Highlight Theatrical Production Corporation Ltd, Production Company: Murder by Decree Productions, Produced with the assistance of: Canadian Film Development Corporation, Produced with the assistance of: Famous Players Film Company, Wow!!! Entertainment Inc., Executive Producer: Len Herberman, Produced by: Bob Clark, René Dupont, Production Manager (Canada): Ted Rouse, Production Manager (UK): John Davis, Production Accountant: Andy Birmingham, Producer's Secretary: Liz Taylor, Production Assistant: Marilyn Clarke, 2nd Assistant Director: Ken Goch, Assistant Director: Ariel Levy, 2nd Assistant Director: Guy Travers, Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly, Casting: Irene Lamb, Original Screenplay by: John Hopkins, Based on 'The Ripper File' by: Elwyn Jones, John Lloyd, Director of Photography: Reginald H. Morris, Camera Operator: James Turrell, Focus: David Wynn-Jones, Gaffer: Ray Meehan, Best Boy: Terry Lewis, Grip: Dennis Fraser, [Stills]: Graham Attwood, Still Photographer: David Farrell, Special Effects: Michael Albrechtsen, Editor: Stan Cole, Post-production Facilities: Pathé Sound and Post Production Center, Assistant Editor: Dan McBride, Production Designer: Harry Pottle, Art Director: Peter Childs, Set Decorator: Denise Exshaw, Scenic Artist: Jock Kay, Production Buyer: Percy Godbold, Property Master: Andy Andrews, Charge Hand Props: Tommy Raeburn, Standby Propman: John Graham, Standby Carpenter: Ken Flemming, Construction Manager: Ken Pattenden, Costumes Designed by: Judy Moorcroft, Wardrobe Assistant: Edward Morton, Wardrobe Supervisor: Ron Beck, Wardrobe Mistress: Janet Tebrooke, Make-up Artist: Jane Royle, Chief Make-up Artist: Peter Robb-King, Assistant Hairdresser: Janet Jamison, Chief Hairdresser: Colin Jamison, Release Prints by: MGM Labs, Filmed in: Panavision, Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, Answer Print by: Medallion Film Labs, Music Composed by: Paul Zaza, Carl Zittrer, Sound Recordist: John Mitchell, Sound Maintenance: Ron Butcher, Boom Operator: Keith Pamplin, Re-recording Mixer: Dave Appleby, Joe Grimaldi, Supervising Sound Editor: Ken Heeley-Ray, Assistant Sound Editor: Steven Cole, Sound Editor: Patrick Drummond, Sound Editor: Wayne Griffin, Sound Editor: Dennis Drummond, Assistant Sound Editor: Martin Ashbee, Police Liaison: Bob Halliday, Unit Publicist: Lynda Levy, Filmed at: England Shepperton Studio Centre, Herts, England E.M.I. Studios
Cast
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Christopher Plummer (Sherlock Holmes), James Mason (Dr Watson), David Hemmings (Inspector Foxborough), Susan Clark (Mary Kelly), Anthony Quayle (Sir Charles Warren), John Gielgud (Lord Salisbury, The Prime Minister), Frank Finlay (Inspector Lastrade), Donald Sutherland (Robert James Lees), Geneviève Bujold (Annie Crook), Chris Wiggins (Dr Harding), Teddi Moore (Mrs Lees), Catherine Kessler (Carrie), Terry Duggan (Dannie), Peter Jonfield (William Slade), Roy Lansford (Sir Thomas Spivey), Ronald Pember (Makins), Ken Jones (Dock Guard), June Brown (Annie Chapman), Hilary Sesta (Catherine Eddowes), Anthony May (Laniers), Betty Woolfe (Mrs Hudson), Iris Fry (Elizabeth Stride), Geoffrey Russell (home secretary), Peggy Ann Clifford (Lees housekeeper), Ann Mitchell (Jane), Katherine Stark (Molly), ElainE Ives Cameron (Ellen), Stella Courtney (Betty), Judy Wilson (Emily), Roy Pattison (Carroll), Victor Langley (Prince of Wales), Pamela Abbott (Princess Alexandra), Robin Marchall (Duke of Clarence, 'Eddy'), Richard Pescuid (doctor), Pat Brackenbury (nurse), Dan Long (Constable Long), Michael Cashman (Constable Watkins)