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The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Starring: Ian Richardson , Charles Dance , Matthew Macfadyen
Directed by: Paul Seed
Produced by: Ian Madden
Written by: David Pirie
A young Arthur Conan Doyle is learning his first lessons...in murder. Watch with grisly delight as Mr. Doyle (Robin Laing) meets the brilliant Dr. Bell (Ian Richardson) and begins assisting local police in solving their most gruesome cases.
Item Number: 16359
- Format:
- DVD Widescreen
- Region:
- 1 - More Details
- Run time:
- About 2 Hours
- Number of Discs:
- 2
- Closed Captions / Subtitles:
- Not available for this product
A young Arthur Conan Doyle is learning his first lessons...in murder. Watch with grisly delight as Mr. Doyle (Robin Laing) meets the brilliant Dr. Bell (Ian Richardson) and begins assisting local police in solving their most gruesome cases. Fascinated by Bell's uncanny talent for outthinking seasoned detectives and outwitting clever criminals, Doyle learns to solve crimes with the same techniques used to diagnose disease. "Clever...Gothic and sinister"-The New York Times.
| Dr. Joseph Bell | --- | Ian Richardson |
| Mortuary Clerk | --- | Sean Wightman |
| Arthur Conan Doyle | --- | Robin Laing |
| Elspeth Scott | --- | Dolly Wells |
| Sir Henry Carlyle | --- | Charles Dance |
| The Strand Editor | --- | Ralph Riach |
| The Fiddler | --- | Aly Bain |
| Eustace Stark | --- | Andrew John Tait |
| Medical Lecturer | --- | Alan Sinclair |
| Thomas Neill | --- | Alec Newman |
| Sophia | --- | Tamsin Pike |
| Crawford | --- | Joel Strachan |
| Baxter | --- | David Walker |
| Mary Doyle | --- | Sarah Collier |
| Charles Doyle | --- | John Bett |
| Crawford Senior | --- | Bernard Horsfall |
| Waller | --- | Matthew Macfadyen |
| PC Murdoch | --- | Eric Barlow |
| Doctor in Street | --- | John Malcolm |
Directed by Paul Seed
Written by David Pirie
Produced by Ian Madden
Executive Produced by Rebecca Eaton, David M. Thompson
Original Music by Jim Parker
Cinematography by John Kenway
Film Editing by Martin Brinkler, Mark Day
Costume Design by Frances Tempest
