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Crime · Mystery · Thriller · 1987 · 1h 43min

The Sign of Four.

CrimeMysteryThriller

Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Director: Peter Hammond

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Jeremy Brett

Sherlock Holmes

Edward Hardwicke

Edward Hardwicke

Dr. John Watson

Jenny Seagrove

Ronald Lacey

Thaddeus und Bartholomew Sholto

John Thaw

Emrys James

Inspector Athelney Jones

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Granada Television

Granada Television

Country

🇬🇧United Kingdom

Languages

English

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🇬🇧Reino UnidoMar 7, 1987

🇩🇪AlemaniaMar 7, 1987

Available in United States (data from JustWatch via TMDB · click → opens in provider)

Free

Plex Channel

Part of Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) Collection

Actual
The Sign of Four
1987
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1988
The Master Blackmailer
1992
The Last Vampyre
1993
The Eligible Bachelor
1993

IMDb

7.8 /10

5k votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

7.4 /10

78 votes

Letterboxd

7.2 /10

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Weighted average

7.5/10

IMDb7.8
TMDB7.4
Lbxd7.2