Directed by:
Gene WilderScreenplay:
Gene WilderCinematography:
Gerry FisherComposer:
John MorrisCast:
Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Leo McKern, John Le Mesurier, Thorley Walters, Albert Finney, Roy Kinnear, Aubrey Morris, John Hollis (more)Plots(1)
Sigerson Holmes (Gene Wilder) has something to prove as the lesser-known brother of famed detective Sherlock Holmes. When Sherlock and his assistant, Dr. Watson, are dispatched to Europe on assignment, Sigerson takes the opportunity to prove his mettle as a sleuth. With the aide of bug-eyed Orville Sacker (Marty Feldman) and aspiring opera singer Jenny Hill (Madeline Kahn), Sigerson attempts to crack the case of missing government documents presumed stolen by professor Moriarty (Leo McKern). (Bounty Films)
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Beautiful nonsense, from which Marty Feldman's wide-angle gaze emerges as a phantom, the sleek comic charm of Gene Wilder (whose seriousness in fact evokes Leslie Nielsen), several really beautiful sketches and situations... well, perhaps also the cruel musical-opera music that accompanies us throughout the film. I'm reluctant to call this a parody because, taken as a result, the film parodies itself... It is a great pity that the level fluctuates considerably from the dead spots from which the perspective disappears, to the really excellent passages in which all the nonsense is sold with British seriousness and moderation. The influence of the British humorist school simply cannot be denied, and that is very, very good.
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