Sherlock Holmes (TV-1955) THE ROYAL MURDER (S1E34)

Hailed as the most faithfully filmed adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary characters. This acclaimed series stars Ronald Howard as the world-famous sleuth and H. Marion Crawford in a different portrayal of Dr. Watson than usual.
THE CASE OF THE ROYAL MURDER: While visiting King Conrad in his Balkan nation, his highness requests Holmes and Watson to prove his innocence when Prince Stephan of a neighboring country dies suddenly at dinner. The circumstantial clues implicate the king, so he has the two tossed into a dungeon cell. Princess Antonia, widow of the prince, attracts suspicion because of her previous love affair with Conrad.

[@J3rs3y_G1rl]

I never realized I needed to see Holmes and Watson sword fight until now. Brilliant!

[@amriksahota141]

Love these, could watch them all day.

[@francoisebeylie2923]

The bass sound of the music at the beginning is very deep and beautiful.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

Another really great one! Nice swordplay with Holmes and Dr. Watson! All those lovely old books in this one!

[@angelinegiselle]

it’s quite remarkable that this is an all-French cast - with active speaking roles - working with Howard & Crawford !!

[@jamesdipierro938]

I love these black and white classics they help me fall asleep. That coin trick to disable the guard was a gangster move old Sherlock pulled why is he so easy to underestimate!

[@yomama8873]

Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@christylovejoy5564]

Did Howard and Crawford really do that fencing scene? It was fantastic for mere actors - it looked dangerous and skilled - wow.

[@NightingalePaperCo]

What a fun episode! Love the dancing and fencing!

[@MrCraigblaze]

Thanks for the upload !!

[@colemanadamson5943]

Another excellent episode!

[@TaranAlvein]

I love the methods by which they subdued the guards in this episode. It's very creative!

[@Vandal_Savage]

18:08 is probably my favourite highlight of the series so far! :)

[@genkatqltr8517]

Those guards acted like little children watching a magician. Two prisoners free and with swords? Stood around enjoying the spectacle until they were overcome! Useless.

[@billh.6135]

Holmes and Watson overpowering those guards reminded me more of James West and Artemus Gordon! 🤠😄

[@kweejibodali3078]

@@billh.6135 lol! good reference

[@kweejibodali3078]

these balkan guards are very easily distracted, magic tricks , fencing... lol! love that fencing

[@charleshatten]

I like Ronald Howard as Sherlock and H Marian as Watson. They make it fun and enjoyable.

[@lilithwilcox9074]

They do. Its my fave team.

[@zitternden]

I always liked Basil Rathbone as S.H. but Ronald Howard is really good! I'm with you on this.

[@frederikaanthonyralph8829]

H.Marion Crawford

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

charles hatten indeed they do

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

zitternden his characterisation of Holmes is kind and compassionate and not cold like Rathbone and Brett and certainly not as mental as Cumberbatch or Downie. He is so much like his father Leslie who was a much better actor than Clarke Gable in Gone with the Wind. His Scarlet Pimpernel is fabulous. Ronald took after him for sure both in looks and ability.

[@maxhermans4111]

Thank you ! These are AWESOME! You Rock!

[@reneeoliver2168]

I love Sherlock Holmes

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Ronald Howard’s his characterisation of Holmes is kind and compassionate and not cold like Rathbone and Brett and certainly not as mental as Cumberbatch or Downie. He is so much like his father Leslie who was a much better actor than Clarke Gable in Gone with the Wind. His Scarlet Pimpernel is fabulous. Ronald took after him for sure both in looks and ability.

[@carolkroll3811]

I love these. I also like Ronald Howard better. He's more amusing!

[@delphinidin]

oo, he did scarlet pimpernel? i hope somebody's got that on youtube...

[@kweejibodali3078]

do love that scarlet pimpernel and has a babe wife in that one , merle oberon

[@kweejibodali3078]

ron howard and leslie howard are some handsome classy dudes ...! no wonder leslie was chosen to play ashley, the guy so many belles were hot for ! ha... i not only find him charming , ron's good looks help this series out... looks good in those period costumes, especially this one

[@susanmccormick6022]

@@kweejibodali3078 But as he himself said,he was too old to play Ashley Wilkes.Melanie was my fav character but still prefer book to film.I never found out who played Bonnie.Does anyone else know?,She was so good.

[@kweejibodali3078]

stefan has a funky accent too... and he really fumbled some lines after the fencing match... my sympathies to him considering his short screen time ! lol

[@sarahz5646]

What a great sign for my desk at work... "I've come to the conclusion these people are raving mad!" 😅

[@amyoungil]

Thanks very much for posting this, and for the episode synopsis. I am glad to read it.

[@walterwheeler5465]

A very good episode from the 1954 television series of "Sherlock Holmes" with Ronald Howard and H. Marion Crawford.

[@ghart877]

Who was that beautiful woman?

[@vima8680]

I hope you don't mean the dancer. She was terrible!

[@blipcat3382]

Sherlock.... everywhere he goes the angel of death is sure to follow. Sherlock always leaves bodies in his wake.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Holmes is a walking crime scene!

[@1fanger888]

Awesome episode. Thanks

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Has anybody seen so many caterpillars on men's upper-lips ever before?! Thanks as always, PF!

[@user-oj5bw7sl8p]

In this episode Sherlock is so extremly handsome, that it's almost impossible not to fall for his charm! Also, - spoiler alert! - when he admits at the end, that he would not stand a chance against a real sword master, if he would not get morally disarmed by Holmes' bluff, - OMG!

[@swarthyjake4433]

Sherlock Holmes , what a guy !

[@janejames9173]

Excellent, absolutely excellent.

[@Soffity]

I’ve just realised how to get someone out of Jail should it be required, start a sword fight outside the gates and go from there.....simple,

[@beckyyoung2173]

You start the fight, i'll steal the keys. LOL!~

[@daspiper8941]

Ronald Howard and Jeremy Brett were both great in portraying Sherlock Holmes. It depends on the given film on which one I like better.

[@chalesrayford7445]

Das Piper 7

[@ruthmaryrose]

For my money Basil Rathbone is still tops.

[@kweejibodali3078]

that is the most fair rational comparison that i have ever read, and i have read a lot of them

[@lukeheaton5336]

I do like Howard’s portrayal but I still take Rathbone as #1. No one ever mentions Jonny Lee Miller from “Elementary” but I think he played the part quite well

[@hansvandenberg6464]

a bit weird to see someone killed at the beginning who played several other characters before in this series.....

[@jamesl9371]

Amazing how everywhere these guys go someone gets murdered

[@swarthyjake4433]

James Lade - there has to be a crime that they can solve , otherwise there would be no story , and that's all they are , stories .

[@billh.6135]

James Lade, Yes, I thought the same thing about Jessica Fletcher's character in "Murder She Wrote." Could you imagine people being murdered all around you on a constant basis! Of course they're just stories, but if that really had been the reality for someone, whew, what a rough life! 😯☺️

[@margaretd3710]

Yes. Just like with Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. If you see them walking toward you, run!!!!

[@Soffity]

Margaret D made me laugh. Well said, yes, run very very speedily,

[@suchahermit55]

Actually you could say that about any detective from Dick Tracy, Charlie Chan, Ellery Queen etc. The idea when viewing any fiction is to willingly suspend disbelief.

[@samimotag]

Thank you!

[@kweejibodali3078]

why was the wine glass washed ? very good question indeed !

[@erik6040]

Nowadays they spend loads on entertainment for royalty, and i bet it takes ages preparing for the shows as well. But the dancing gypsy woman's performance in the beginning of this episode, her dancing, is not bad. Look at Dr Watson enjoying himself!

[@kweejibodali3078]

dancing is only her sideline, tea leaves is more her thing... y'all complain about the dancing but what about that accent ? lol, i like her, her reviews have drawn my sympathy

[@ZER0--]

Fun Fact: Mr Holmes uses inductive reasoning, and not deductive reasoning.

[@artisallthat]

Prince Stefan the actor has been in several of these shows.

[@Soffity]

Back when these were filmed they managed to make the people from other countries appear so very foreign, don’t know how but they did. Now days they all have american accents and are dressed and act with no difference.

[@jackcaven9614]

Hahahahahah ... that dancing

[@kweejibodali3078]

poor woman... more comments about her dancing than almost anything else.. lol.. must have been boring episode for many if that's all they came away with.. ha

[@kweejibodali3078]

dancing is only her sideline, tea leaves is more her thing

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

Yes. It was pretty bad!

[@josephjohn31]

A diffferent jeopardy case with royal touch to convict the king due to circumstance evidance put in dilemma of a cunning murder full of suspense cleverly investigated.

[@My2ndnephew]

Oh, man, that English interpretations of a Gypsy dance made me laugh out loud, ha!

[@rugerscout308]

Day and night don't always match up to light and dark in these tales. A continuity editor would be of some help but may have an unbenificial affect on the story line. They are good fun even so!! Since these are so much more entertaing than the currant faire I can't honestly complain.

[@billcameron1919]

brilliant episode, suitably dramatic music but surely the captions have not been edited? Dreadful and misleading!

[@LydellFisk]

No credit in the credits or on IMDb as "Uncredited" for the gypsy dancer. Unfair.

[@kweejibodali3078]

really ? seems required by law i thought, shame

[@georgescarlett2320]

Yes, the Best for their time period, but for my time period it would have to be Jeremy Brett!!!

[@DIANAS5657]

george scarlett He is the best of all time in my opinion😉

[@glocalenglish6216]

I totally agree. Jeremy Brett is the Sherlock Holmes.

[@delphinidin]

Jeremy Brett is my favorite, but this one is lovely and charming. Much warmer and more personable than many Sherlocks!

[@Divchyk]

Thank you for these series. Ronald Howard is very good as Sherlock, however character of Watson is very different from the original and he is like a chameleon changing from very smart to very dumb, from very cautious to head on charging into something...inconsistency which is goofy, unless movie makers were going for that effect. Gypsy in this particular episode is a very poor dancer, she should have stuck to the palm-reading ;)

[@crazyduck1254]

Dr Watson has seen the horrors of war in afghanistan as a medical war doctor and we would expect this character to be very affected by trauma, a bit erratic at times at the least to be expected.

[@nooboftheyear7170]

The goofiness stems from cultural 'triggers' being emphasised in the screenplay. Watson is retired and bumbling, therefore automatically cautious about the unknown but charges in around familiar contexts and themes. A great way to educate children as to polite mannerisms. Note ep30, the eiffel tower, where watson keeps insisting that holmes introduce him. Holmes actually charges straight in at every introduction and is then pulled up by watson each time and then introduces watson.

[@braveheart196]

My dad watched this back in the day now ifind myself doing the same

[@Phooie]

Holmes is busy texting at 4:19

[@jeremyc2445]

They never try to revive anyone

[@SnuggleBunny.]

He was poisoned…how is CPR going to help get poison out of his system?

[@jamesl9371]

Wow 😯 people are pronounced dead really quick. The doctor doesn’t do anything to try to revive him. And then they go and wash the glass right away. Better call Sherlock Holmes! Oh yeah he’s right here

[@malina1239]

CPR wasn’t invented before 1956, so they had no idea what to do. And I’m sure they had no precedence on how to treat forensic evidence either. Finger prints, shoe print and blood types was the only thing to be analyzed way into the 20th century.

[@ericnyamu9981]

You are trully not fun at movies . Lol

[@waderaney7]

Excellent

[@cw1294]

His majesty's voice reminds me of Vincent Price's

[@jonhohensee3258]

So Watson knocked the guard out how???

[@willardjohnson3832]

Holmes and Watson at their finest!

[@sheilagreasley-rush4423]

I LIKE RONALD HEWITT AND H MARION CRAWFORD AS SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DR WATSON - I HAVE WATCHED VARIOUS S HOLMES PROGRAM - AND TO ME THEY ARE THE BEST

[@frederikaanthonyralph8829]

Howard,darling,HOWARD

[@bjeanne8587]

Super ,only Holmes

[@feralbluee]

that gypsy is one of the worst dancers ever LOL

[@TheFiown]

Same set as 'The haunted Gainsborough' thrifty !

[@johanne577]

13:43 she just lost a hubby, now negotiating to be queen. to beauty, indeed. 🥂🍾

[@JohnLloydScharf]

*As payment for solving a case, Holmes and Watson are invited to spend a weekend at an estate in the Balkans. However, their vacation is cut short when another guest, Prince Stefan, is poisoned and their host is accused of the murder. Holmes must find the real killer before he himself becomes the next victim.*

[@isabelmartin8427]

Balkans always be brawlin

[@gaylecoicou124]

Is that's a crazy dance or what? Funny

[@Amc933]

she is awful!

[@kweejibodali3078]

haha... it's all in the leaves..

[@ceresuziel5089]

I know everyone is talking about the fencing lessons but someone should have given that gypsy dance lessons! A piece of wood has more rithm.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

The pretty gypsy dancing girl was uncredited!

[@DavidFMayerPhD]

does anyone know the name of the "gypsy" who danced?

[@francoisebeylie2923]

Lise Bourdin, Jacques Jacqmine, Jacques François and Maurice Teynac were french actors.

[@jamesl9371]

Sherlock is exposing the guy and he could kill Holmes but does nothing. Not very realistic

[@suchahermit55]

It's Sherlock Holmes. It's not supposed to be realistic lol.

[@DANTHETUBEMAN]

they got me,,, vary clever...

[@jane25449]

Thats the worst "dancing" I've ever seen.

[@delphinidin]

RIGHT??

[@kweejibodali3078]

maybe that's why she wasn't credited..

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

True! Something like that comment was going to be mine!

[@johnbrownlee7623]

Smashing old bean, just smashing............................John.............

[@rogerscottcathey]

I'm afraid Howard's riposte is rather weak. Double elbow?

[@rogerscottcathey]

His low parry too.

[@LeilaGCouto]

Sem legenda em português

[@ritarogers658]

Ronald Howard

[@janejames9173]

Love Lestraid❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@canuckyukyuk9164]

The gypsy girl was the worst dancer, ever!

[@margaretd3710]

She rather reminded me of Lucille Ball in the episode where she was stomping grapes in Italy.

[@polemeros]

Good stories. AWFUL opening music. Like fingernails on a chalkboard.

[@stevengrotte2987]

Note to self, watched1/6/18.

[@thefirstmockingbirdofsprin4431]

🌺Second that😁

[@seosamhofionnaghain8699]

Video 34/39. 182,566 Views So Far February 29 - 2020.

[@haroldwilkes6608]

298,001 9/30/21, an old reliable, hope it makes a million.

[@davidowen9671]

Yes, these are wonderful. Still, it is hilarious that Holmes and Watson go to see the girl, and she is still dancing, as if that is all she ever does. Then they corner her, while her men folk sit there, when in reality they would hand the honorable Englishmen their asses.

[@soumitrabose6330]

Not usual

[@ww2wall561]

Romania bulgaria looked down on

[@floobious80866]

The same set recycled again!, last time it was ghosts and paintings.

[@kweejibodali3078]

what did watson do to the guard ? some vulcan mind probe ? can't figure out why the guard slumped over..lol

[@kiddo-9111]

I think the guard had keys around his neck watson pulled the OR watson just punched him

[@carryon2197]

Ok

[@johnmusante3564]

F2cuu

[@anthonyparro425]

Silly 🙂

[@frederikaanthonyralph8829]

inevitable charm of old films...

[@genkatqltr8517]

Why in the world didn't Holmes grab the wine glass for evidence instead of letting it sit around until the servants washed it? Too possible to be poisoned! Poor writing, Holmes wasn't that irresponsible. 👎👎😡

[@stevengrotte2987]

12:10 trump must have seen this part of this episode!

[@samimotag]

Yep!! He tried it with Comey, but it didn't work Thank God and now we have Mueller to set things right again. Only difference is that Trump is actually guilty.

[@stevengrotte2987]

Robert Mueller III for President. I really hope that the people of Great Britain lend us "The Baby Trump Blimp," I would love to see it flying outside the White House & outside of every one of donnie DOUCHE BAG'S golf courses that he goes to for the weekends.

[@rebeccaeddins808]

AND YET THE KING WAS INNOCENT OF THE CRIME...UM...

[@LongliveKingRichard]

Dont Yall feel stupid now? Just wait til November ... Comey/Mueller for Prison along with Crooked Hillary and her cohorts.

[@LongliveKingRichard]

@@rebeccaeddins808 as is President Donald J.Trump

[@seosamhofionnaghain8699]

Ron Howard's portrayal of Holmes was childish immature and boyish. In contrast Rathbone will always be remembered as the real DEFINITIVE Sherlock Holmes the master actor The Hollywood Golden age films rather than this poor 1950s Low grade TV version! There can only be one real quality Holmes and that's Basil Rathbone just as Johnny Weissmuller wiil always be the REAL Tarzan, Peter Falk the REAL Columbo and David Janssen as the REAL Fugitive! The Original players are ALWAYS the BEST!!

[@jerryjohnson8485]

Darren Macgaven is the real Karl kolcheck the night stalker!😎💀😎

[@kweejibodali3078]

@@jerryjohnson8485 weissmuller? ok

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

I too do believe that Basil Rathbone is the best Sherlock Holmes, but it beats watching modern television or movies.

[@trickydick6152]

Luca de Filippo as the prince.