The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
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| Directed by | Gene Wilder |
| Produced by | Richard A. Roth |
| Written by | Gene Wilder |
| Starring | Gene Wilder Madeline Kahn Marty Feldman Dom DeLuise Leo McKern Roy Kinnear Douglas Wilmer |
| Music by | John Morris |
| Cinematography | Gerry Fisher |
| Edited by | Jim Clark |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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91 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,805,000 |
| Box office | $20,000,000 |
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother is a 1975 American musical comedy film with Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Dom DeLuise, Roy Kinnear and Leo McKern. The film was Wilder's directorial debut, from his own original script.
Douglas Wilmer and Thorley Walters appear as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, respectively. Wilmer had previously appeared as Sherlock Holmes in the 1960s BBC TV series, and Walters played Watson in three other films: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962), The Best House in London (1969), and Silver Blaze (1977).
In 1891, Foreign Secretary Lord Redcliff haphazardly receives a document with unknown contents from Queen Victoria; the document is stolen from his safe later that night.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson discuss the case. Deciding to lay low for a while, Holmes informs Watson that he will delegate cases to his younger brother, Sigerson, who has toiled in his brother's shadow without credit for decades. At a train station, and dressing in drag to avoid a would-be assassin, Sherlock passes the message to Scotland Yard records clerk Orville Sacker, a man with auditory eidetic memory, who happens to be a fan of Sigerson's work.
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