Assassinio su commissione

Titolo originale: Murder by Decree
Regia: Bob Clark |
Anno: 1979
Origine: Canada | United Kingdom |
Generi: Crime Mistero Thriller
Tag: jack the ripper | sherlock holmes |
Cast: Christopher Plummer | James Mason | David Hemmings | Susan Clark | Anthony Quayle | John Gielgud | Frank Finlay | Donald Sutherland | Geneviève Bujold | Chris Wiggins | Tedde Moore | Catherine Kessler | Terry Duggan | Peter Jonfield | Roy Lansford | Ron Pember | Ken Jones | June Brown | Hilary Sesta | Anthony May | Betty Woolfe | Iris Fry | Geoffrey Russell | Peggy Ann Clifford | Ann Mitchell | Katherine Stark | Elaine Ives-Cameron | Stella Courtney | Judy Wilson | Roy Pattison | Victor Langley | Pamela Abbott | Robin Marchal | Richard Pescud | Pat Brackenbury | Dan Long | Michael Cashman | Tony Clarkin | Peter Dean | Jim McManus | Norman Gay |

L'investigatore più prestigioso d'Inghilterra è chiamato a risolvere il caso più spinoso per l'Inghilterra londinese e reale ottocentesca. Scoprire e smascherare il famigerato Jack lo Squartatore.

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The lavish funeral given Catherine Eddowes in this movie seems to contradict the extreme poverty in [...] D
The only scene employing any stunt doubles was the stagecoach scene with Sherlock Holmes and Mary Ke [...] D
One of the last actors cast was James Mason. Director Bob Clark had to travel to Spain, where Mason [...] D
James Mason and Donald Sutherland played Richard A. Straker in separate television movie adaptations [...] D
The film takes place in 1888. D
The replica nineteenth century dockland set took two months and fifty men to construct at Shepperton [...] D
According to director Bob Clark, Christopher Plummer returned from lunch a bit tipsy one day, but pl [...] D
All three leads have appeared in a Stephen King adaptation. Christopher Plummer was in Dolores Claib [...] D
In a documentary on the making of Shining (1980), James Mason and his wife Clarissa Kaye-Mason paid [...] D
The bearded Prime Minister played by John Gielgud is based on Lord Salisbury (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, [...] D
In his autobiography, "In Spite of Myself", Plummer noted that Mason was the best Watson he had seen [...] D
Frank Finlay also played Inspector Lestrade in Sherlock Holmes: notti di terrore (1965), another fil [...] D
The movie depicts Sherlock Holmes uncovering a plot by the Freemasons. In L'uomo che volle farsi re [...] D
Christopher Plummer wore a hairpiece for this movie. D
Christopher Plummer previously played Sherlock Holmes in The Sunday Drama: Silver Blaze (1977). D
The "Masonic" theory concerning the Jack the Ripper murders, namely, that there was a cover-up arran [...] D
Director Bob Clark had to do research to see if the word "fart" was in existence in 1888. It was. D
Christopher Plummer is a second cousin of Nigel Bruce, who played Dr. Watson in several previous "Sh [...] D
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Christopher Plummer and John Gielgud; and four Oscar nomin [...] D
Some of the movie posters featured the long preamble: "The Jack the Ripper Murders. Sherlock Holmes [...] D
Although Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote a story ab [...] D
Christopher Plummer later appeared in Nuremberg with Brian Cox. Cox appeared in The Strange Case of [...] D
According to director Bob Clark, the budget was less than $4 million. D
John Gielgud (Prime Minister) previously played Sherlock Holmes in a series of BBC radio adaptations [...] D
Peter O'Toole was originally cast as Sherlock Holmes, and Sir Laurence Olivier was cast as Dr. Watso [...] D
Christopher Plummer, James Mason, and Sir Anthony Quayle appeared in La caduta dell'impero romano (1 [...] D
John Gielgud, who played the Prime Minister Lord Salisbury in this movie, also played Sherlock Holme [...] D
Alien (1979) was shooting concurrently with this movie at Shepperton Studios. D
This was the first of two Jack the Ripper-related films released in 1979. The second was L'uomo venu [...] D
Photographed by Reginald H. Morris, younger brother of Academy award winning cinematographer Oswald [...] D
There appears to be no mention of the fact this movie is based on the book by Stephen Knight "Jack t [...] D
Holmes, Watson, Lestrade, and Mrs. Hudson were all characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but [...] D
This movie was derived from a non-fiction book, "The Ripper File", by two television scriptwriters, [...] D
The Masonic signs Sherlock Holmes makes to the Chief Inspector are: the Duegard of the Entered Appre [...] D
All the 5 victims portrayed in the film (Annie Chapman, Mary Ann Nichols, Elizabeth Stride, Catherin [...] D
Publicity for this movie stated that it was the one hundred thirty-fourth Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Wa [...] D
The original screenplay featured the real historical names of the suspects, Sir William Gull, 1st Ba [...] D
Christopher Plummer and Donald Sutherland previously appeared together in Hamlet at Elsinore, with P [...] D
Final film of Betty Woolfe. D