Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
Get the MovieNight app
Add it to your home screen — faster & full screen
Castel Film
Not part of a collection.
Forget Everything You Know About Sherlock Holmes
Early in his crime-solving career, Sherlock Holmes attempts to prevent Moriarty from cornering the heroin market.
CinemaSerf
Sep 3, 2023 · via TMDB
At the start of many of the DVDs of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce "Sherlock Holmes" series of films, there is an introduction from Christopher Lee that reminds us, in the words of "Dr. Watson" that Holmes was a "self-abuser using opiates and other substances..." This early outing for the legendary sleuth stars James D'Arcy as the "Holmes" whom together with his new found friend "Dr. Watson" (Roger Morlidge) is on the trail of a murderer. Oddly enough, a murderer who is doing some good, namely bumping off some local kingpins. Gradually, the pair become convinced that the dreaded "Moriarty" - long thought dead - is anything but, and is manipulating the lucrative heroin trade in London. This film is one of the few that depicts "Holmes" as a drug user - and it demonstrates quite potently the effects the drug has on his brilliant mind - the good and the bad. The adventure is quite well strung together, decently paced and though D'Arcy is a little lightweight, he does offer up a glimpse of the vulnerability of the perceptive but flawed young "Holmes". It's an adequately produced television movie with decent standards and a dialogue that helps build up a degree of suspense. Sadly, though, the audience are never really in doubt as to whom is whom, nor as to the inevitable ending. Still, a little like "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985) it takes a different slant with the story and characters, and though nothing remarkable, is still quite watchable.
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Amazon Video
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Amazon Video
James D'Arcy
Sherlock Holmes
Roger Morlidge
Dr. Watson
Vincent D'Onofrio
Moriarty
Gabrielle Anwar
Rebecca Doyle
Richard E. Grant
Mycroft
Nicholas Gecks
Inspector Lestrade
Struan Rodger
Ben Harrington
Peter-Hugo Daly
Henry Coot
Mihai Bisericanu
Sgt. Cox
Sandu Mihai Gruia
Dr. Cruickshank
Ioana Abur
Victoria
Valentin Popescu
Killer
Anca Androne
Nurse
Andy Pryor
Casting
Brad Wyman
Executive Producer
Vlad Păunescu
Executive Producer
Arthur Conan Doyle
Characters
Podezření
Pavlínka
Neonnächte - Der U-Bahn-Schlitzer
A Stroll to Syracuse
Heartbreak Motel
Polojasno
Secret Violence
The Passionate Adventure
Rodeo
Cosy Dens
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
The Face of Another
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Elmer Gantry
Ryuukou Kanbou
Criss Cross
Romance Doll
The Winter War
The Missing Rembrandt
Horror in Happy Swamp
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně
Nicholas Nickleby
The Great Santini
Karen Kingsbury's Maggie's Christmas Miracle
Hard Core Logo
Radioactive
Telefon
An Awfully Big Adventure
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2
So Evil My Love
Ride with the Devil
My Sunny Maad
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Nothing But the Night
Oliver Twist
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
A Tale of Two Cities
Fallen
A Gift to Remember
Das Spinnennetz
Macabre
S.F.W.
Age of Consent
1922
King of the Ants
Audrey Rose
The Rats: A Witcher Tale
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Na startu je delfín
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Na vlně 57 metrů
Rembrandt
Mučivé tajomstvo
Strýčkov sen
Půlpenny
Rukama nevinnosti
Viva la Madness
Paradise: Disturbed
The Big Sleep
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington
Gone Baby Gone
Layer Cake
Jesse Stone: Thin Ice
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Ray Donovan: The Movie
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
Terror by Night
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
Dead Man's Folly
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
Crooked House
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Murder by Decree
The Substitute 2: School's Out
Fast Charlie
All the Devils Are Here
Endless Night
Cleaner
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Hierarchy
Thirteen at Dinner
The Ritual Killer
Oct 25, 2002
© 2025-2026 MovieNight. All rights reserved.
Versus
Sign in to play →
Bicara Cinta
2020
The Pied Pipers of Harlow
1965
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
Versus
Sign in to play →
Bicara Cinta
2020
The Pied Pipers of Harlow
1965
Sign in to vote
Battle your watched movies head-to-head
Community Top Movies
Evil Dead II
1987 · 14 wins
The Dark Knight
2008 · 14 wins
Halloween
1978 · 13 wins
Final Destination
2000 · 12 wins
Halloween II
1981 · 11 wins
Trivia
Leaderboard →Playing as a guest — sign in to save your score and rank on the leaderboard.
Movie Trivia
Guess the movie from a clue — tagline, plot, cast and more. Pick from four posters.
What movie experience do you prefer?
What is your favorite movie genre?
We use essential cookies to run MovieNight, plus analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense) cookies. By continuing to browse, you agree to this — or click No and we won't. See our Terms & Privacy Policy to learn more.