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This was Cushing's third and final time playing Holmes, following his 1959 Hammer film The Hound of the Baskervilles and a 1960s BBC series. Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death(1984)
Holmes eventually suspects these two cases are connected, leading him and Watson into a dangerous confrontation in an underground lair. Watch the full feature on how this classic
A series of mysterious murders in London's East End where victims are found with expressions of absolute terror but no apparent cause of death. is a 1984 British mystery television film that
is a 1984 British mystery television film that features the legendary Peter Cushing in his final performance as the great detective . Directed by Roy Ward Baker , the film is a unique "twilight years" story set in 1913, depicting an elderly Holmes coming out of retirement to assist with a case that has national security implications. Plot Overview
The disappearance of a young German envoy from the home of Count Udo von Felseck , an event that threatens to ignite war between England and Germany.
Due to Cushing's declining health, a planned follow-up film was never produced.