Item:

Title:
MURDER BY DECREE
Title year:
1978
Also known as:
  • MEURTRE PAR DÉCRET (France & Québec)
Unused titles(s):
  • Sherlock Holmes: Murder By Decree (Working Title)
  • Sherlock Holmes And Saucy Jack (Pre-production)
Original dialogue(s):
  • English
Version(s):
  • French dub.
Running time:
123 m 35 s
Description:
Sherlock Holmes tracks Jack the Ripper.

Director(s):
Credited as:
Bob Clark -
Screen Writer(s):
Credited as:
John Hopkins -
Source:
Credited as: Source material:
John Lloyd - book "The Ripper File"
Elwyn Jones - book "The Ripper File"
Actor(s):
Credited as: Character name:
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
Frank Finlay - Inspector Lestrade
Donald Sutherland - Robert Lees
Geneviève Bujold - Annie Crook
Chris Wiggins - Dr. Hardy
Tedde Moore Teddi Moore Mrs.Lees
Catherine Kessler - Carrie
Terry Duggan - Danny
Peter Jonfield - William Slade
Roy Lansford - Sir Thomas Spivey
Ron Pember - Makins
Ken Jones - dock guard
Geoffrey Russell - Henry Mathews, Home Secretary
June Brown - Annie Chapman
Hilary Sesta - Catherine Eddowes
Anthony May - Lanier
Betty Woolfe - Mrs. Hubson
Iris Fry - Elizabeth Stride
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
Producer(s):
Credited as:
Rene Dupont -
Bob Clark -
Executive Producer(s):
Credited as:
Len Herberman -
Robert A. Goldston -
Editor(s):
Credited as:
Stan Cole -
Musician(s):
  • Carl Zittrer
  • Paul Zaza
Photography:
  • Reginald H. Morris
Location sound mixer(s):
  • John Mitchell

Support:
35mm col (Kodak 5247)
Aspect ratio:
1.85:1

Release:
Toronto (University) 1979/2/2
New York (Ziegfeld & 5 other theatres) 1979/2/9
Montréal (Claremont) 1979/3/9
Montréal (French dub. version) 1979/10/26
London (112 minute version) 1980/3/20

Co-finance:
Financial %:
Country production 35

Location(s):
  • London (U.K.)
Laboratory:
  • Rank Film Laboratorie (London)
Studio:
  • Shepperton
  • Elstree (U.K.)
Organization(s):
Distributor(s):
Canada Ambassador Film Distributors
Quebec Ambassador Film Distributors
US Avco Embassy Pictures
U.K. Columbia-EMI-Warner

CFFD Reference No.:
778
Misacs No.:
217663
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