![]() ![]() Jeremy Brett shines by his accurate, efficient and attractively stylish acting as well as by his dynamic demeanour and remarkable expressiveness. We hate Doctor Roylott, a Machiavellian and merciless brute, powerfully embodied by Jeremy Kemp and we are moved by his victims: poor Julia who, cheerful and unsuspecting, plays croquet with her fiancé under her stepfather and future murderer's eye, and lovely Helen, played by Rosalyn Landor with quivering sensitivity. By choosing a snake as murder weapon, Conan Doyle arouses fear right away, for in our imagination snakes represent sly and hideous evil. ![]() Yet, this dark, Gothic concoction works on the page, and it certainly worked in Jeremy Paul's adaptation for Granada. » It's nothing to be surprised at as the story brings the viewer all the thrills he could wish for. ![]() The episode is an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's short story : The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892).Īccording to David Stuart Davies, « The Speckled Band is a preposterous tale involving fantastic, risible and incredible events. 6) is the 6th episode of season 1 of the Granada series: Sherlock Holmes (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes), starring Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and David Burke as Dr. ![]()
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