The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1971)

Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.

Stars:

Writing:

Hugh Greene

Seasons: 1 2

7/10

Views: 45
Release Date: 1971-09-20
Language: English
Country: GB
Runtime: 50

Season 2 Episode List

Episode 1 - The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway
Release Date: 1973-01-29
Polly Burton assists in soving the case of a grl found dead on a seat of an underground train.
Episode 2 - Five Hundred Carats
Release Date: 1973-02-05
Inspecor Lipinski investigates the theft of a 500 carat diamond.
Episode 3 - Cell 13
Release Date: 1973-02-12
Professor Van Dusen, the 'Thinking Machine', boasts that he can think his way out of a prison cell. When he is locked up he is given the chance to prove that he can escape by the power of his mind alone.
Episode 4 - The Secret of the Manifique
Release Date: 1973-02-19
Laxworthy and two friends secure the safety of the plans for the first torpedo to be used by the French navy.
Episode 5 - The Absent-Minded Coterie
Release Date: 1973-02-26
Valmont has to help break a ring of counterfeiters.
Episode 6 - The Sensible Action of Lieutenant Hoist
Release Date: 1973-03-04
Lieutenant Holst of Copenhagen has to help a Russian countess who claims her brother-in-law aims to kill her.
Episode 7 - The Superfluous Finger
Release Date: 1973-03-11
Professor Van Dusen must find out why a young woman had a perfectly healthy finger cut off by the eminent surgeon Prescott.
Episode 8 - Anonymous Letters
Release Date: 1973-03-19
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, Dagobert Trostler investigates a poison pen case.
Episode 9 - The Moabite Cypher
Release Date: 1973-03-26
Dr Thorndyke has to decypher a code to stop a plot to assassinate a Russian Grand Duke.
Episode 10 - The Secret of the Foxhunter
Release Date: 1973-04-02
William Drew of the foreign Office investigates an unusual crime.
Episode 11 - The Missing Q.C's
Release Date: 1973-04-09
Charles Dallas is led into a strange and sinister adventure in the aftermath of a sensational murder trial.
Episode 12 - The Looting of the Species Room
Release Date: 1973-04-16
Gold disappears from the strongroom of the RMS Oceanic and its purser, Mr Horrocks, tries to discover what has happened.
Episode 13 - The Mystery of the Amber Beads
Release Date: 1973-05-07
Hagar the Gypsy sets out to prove that Detective Sergeat Grubber is wrong about who killed Mrs Arryford.