Posted by 007 from pm023-18.dialip.mich.net on February 26, 2000 at 10:04:17:
In Reply to: Re:I always liked Peter Cushing as Holmes. posted by Kenneth. on February 26, 2000 at 07:16:50:
: Basil Rathbone films were all war propaganda and i dont enjoy them very much.But yes Jeremy Brett is excellent! "A singular set of people,watson!"
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: : : Brett wasn't an "action hero" type actor but then Holmes wasn't an action hero. I guess he was more of a "cerebral hero". Anyway, I can't imagine anyone else playing a better Holmes.
: : : Abner
: : :
: : : : Too bad they haven't yet found a Holmes in the same league as Connery and Ford -- who play the other two great heroes.
: : : : -- Dirk
: : : : : The game's afoot!
: : : : : i love sherlock holmes!
: : The shame is that he only did two that were in period, "The Hound of
: : the Baskervilles" and "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes". The rest,
: : though inferior, were entertaining. Brett is the only one, to his
: : credit, before he died, to have filmed the Doyle stories the most
: : faithfully. And he did look just like those original "Strand" illustrations.
: : Cheers,
: : Ellison