Directed by:
Desmond DavisScreenplay:
Charles Edward PogueCast:
Ian Richardson, Thorley Walters, Cherie Lunghi, Clive Merrison, John Benfield, Michael O'Hagan, Merelina Kendall, Terence Rigby, Reg Thomason, Richard Heffer (more)Plots(1)
Ian Richardson dons the deerstalker hat in this lively interpretation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth. Nothing will stop the relentless and always elegant detective in his search for the truth about an oath betrayed, a savage murder, a missing fortune in jewels and a plea for help from a beautiful stranger. As Holmes races to decode the mysterious "Sign of Four" before the killer can trap him, he never knows what he will find lurking in the gas-lit, fog-shrouded streets of 19th-Century London - or what will find him first! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Ian Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Thorley Walters
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Murder She Said (1961)
Cherie Lunghi
UK
Best movies:
The Mission (1986)
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999) (TV movie)
Clive Merrison
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Care (2000) (TV movie)
The English Patient (1996)
John Benfield
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
The Best Offer (2013)
Michael O'Hagan
Ireland
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Merelina Kendall
Best movies:
Billy Elliot (2000)
Jane Eyre (1983) (series)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Terence Rigby
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Watership Down (1978)
Elizabeth (1998)
Reg Thomason
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The One That Got Away (1957)
Richard Heffer
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo (1970)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Doctor Faustus (1967)
Joe Melia
UK
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Follow a Star (1959)
Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
Gordon Rollings
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Robert Russell
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1965)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Oliver Twist (1982) (TV movie)
David Healy
USA
Best movies:
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)
Patton (1970)
You Only Live Twice (1967)