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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
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book "The Ripper File"
Elwyn Jones
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book "The Ripper File"
Actor(s):
Credited as:
Character name:
Christopher Plummer
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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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Date modified:
2022-08-30
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