Sherlock Holmes (TV-1955) THE SHOELESS ENGINEER (S1E12)

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 SHOELESS ENGINEER: While out on a walk, Holmes and Watson come upon an injured man wearing only one shoe and carrying a young woman.

[@astrogabalus1630]

This black and white tv series from the 1950s was the rendez-vous of countless followers. I’m glad to see somebody thought of rendering a permanent fixture as well as feature of the internet. Thank you PizzaFlix.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching! May the Sauce be with you.

[@Ndlanding]

@@PizzaFLIX Thank you. I didn't see these in the 50s, but now I can KETCHUP.

[@stanleykyree9552]

you probably dont give a shit but if you are stoned like me atm then you can stream all of the latest series on Instaflixxer. Have been binge watching with my brother for the last couple of days xD

[@zanderbronson1410]

@Stanley Kyree yea, I have been watching on instaflixxer for years myself :D

[@Userykp]

@@PizzaFLIX the 👟 shoeless engineer looks like young Benedict Cumberbatch 😀 1:54

[@blackdog.6398]

I’m still here 360 movies watched ,, ! Hey pizza pie people thank you 🙏 Blessings And please keep up The awesomeness.....Thank you. Sincerely 💥🔥Black Dog.....🐺🔥💥

[@rolandcolyer5199]

A wonderful remix of the original short story! My thanks to producers who can adapt a classic in such a way.

[@jacktrimble2515]

Dr. Watson is a great doctor, but the only medicine I have ever seen him dispense is Brandy. But then again,it seems to work...lol. Great shows!

[@michaelwertzy9808]

That and the methods he uses to try to ignore Sherlock! Reading "Punch" magazine, the "fine" type newspaper, always making tea, cold lobster, Mrs. Wilson's catering...

[@michaelwertzy9808]

I'm Greek, we alway's have prefered Ouzo, OPAA!

[@michaelwertzy9808]

We can always depend on the good doctor to pack a good "wallop" when needed!

[@steveayriss1631]

Dr Watson was depicted as a surgeon retired in the books. You need brains for that. It wasnt until the tv and movies that they dumbed him down.

[@michealjohnson6656]

He dish out sedatives also

[@sandrafraser8120]

Cant get enough of these films,thank you so much for sharing.

[@j.r.a5387]

OMG….me too.... can't get enough of them..:)))

[@pennypennebaker8026]

It is wonderful to watch such a good clean... non violent story!

[@vonscharf]

Watson was a good buddy to have!

[@josephstoll9223]

I love these old movies. It didn't matter whether you just fainted or were shot through the gizzard, they gave you whiskey or brandy to revive you. Life saving elixir. I love it.

[@Dick67]

AND NO gentleman left his house without his trusty flask, and a supply of cigars or his pipe and tobacco. Even Holmes' cocaine and morphine use were tolerated with little more than a frown.

[@barbaracrickley6191]

joseph stoll Very short "movies"

[@rogerscottcathey]

@@Dick67 : think briars were the more usual outing pipe?

[@lordeden2732]

What utter Rot No gentleman would take his Meerschaum pipe out of his home@@Dick67here a normal pipe would do perfect service .

[@Dick67]

@@lordeden2732 few gentlemen wore tweeds in the city either, m'lord Eden, sir

[@lamatanteestcontente]

In the old days, it was easy: everything was healed by brandy.

[@trextrextrex]

I noticed that

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

I thought it was tea. Her husband just died. Bring her a cup of tea. Someone was attacked by a crazy beast. Bring them a cup of tea. Someone doesn't look too well. Bring them a cup of tea. I have heard some crazy happenings when someone called for a cup of tea.

[@glennhoddle10]

@@kimberlykasimoff1447 Hilariously true....

[@goldgeologist5320]

No antibiotics or many other medications in those days!

[@walterwheeler5465]

A very good episode of "Sherlock Holmes" with Ronald Howard in the title role.

[@ncooty]

@14:35: When investigating one's suspicions of criminal hosts, it's best to climb entirely inside any available death trap.

[@grindupBaker]

There's a modern quickie thriller where the walk-in freezer door closes behind them & locks because the spring holding it open was wonky. So errrrrrrr apparently they really did make walk-in freezers without a crash bar on the inside of the door. Life's cheap.

[@Miss.G.H]

😂

[@j.r.a5387]

Thank you so much, really enjoy this version of Sherlock Holmes.

[@barbarajolley6578]

I found one I haven't seen! Yay!. Thanks, PizzaFix:).

[@arianaajbeaverhausen8175]

I love the older adaptations of SH, as much as I love Nigel Bruce's portrayal of Dr Watson I am equally fond of the way Howard Marion Crawford throws a punch! 😄❤😁

[@hajaatroushi6832]

Splendid ,, thanks for sharing ,, i like this series so much ,,

[@josephjohn31]

While finding one shoe the story revealing the horrible experience, recollecting memory of shocked frozen throat Housekeeper, at last finding partner and the greed of making money in quite natural and thrilling way.

[@WesBergen]

The young engineer is played by David Oxley who plays the evil Sir Hugo Baskerville in the 1959 adaptation of „The Hound of the Baskervilles“, starring Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes.

[@LoveEm-r9i]

Music is ..amazing from the beginning of the movie !

[@shelleymcafee8197]

I love Ronald Howard’s ‘Sherlock’, and remember reading this story in its original form. Two things strike Me as I’ve watched it: 1) The situation of the mute (but beautiful Woman) in distress), and the fact that she regained her speech through an extreme emotional-reaction - involving the Man she loved - reminds Me much of ‘Kilmeny of the Orchard’, one of LM Montgomery’s books of this era. The story otherwise isn’t a match, but I believe that the similarity is probably due to the burgeoning-interest re physical/medical manifestations of emotional/mental-trauma - by the Medical-Community (and Public) at the time these 2-books were written. AC Doyle often included avant- guard medical and psychological ideas/theories of his time in the Sherlock Holmes stories, often ridiculous - but, in this case, legit. 2) Lol; have to laugh at the unrealistic special-effects and action-sequences in these old gems. The climactic confrontation-scene where the shot is fired - hitting a policeman - had Me giggling. Check-out the apparent-trajectory the bullet would have needed to make, in order for it to graze the policeman’s arm.😆😂😂😁 …I rewatched that action sequence several times just to be sure that the several-different angles ‘cut’ in quick-succession for this scene hadn’t confused Me, and feel justified that My funny-bone was correct. What do You-All think?! 😉😄 Thanks so much for uploading all these classic films!

[@calemcqueen]

The man responsible for creating the Sherlock Holmes character, Arthur Conan Doyle, was from Scotland, but his parents were Irish Catholics, from Ireland, who moved to Scotland before their sons birth. As an Irishman myself I take pride in that.

[@grindupBaker]

Watson is like the original Batman. Kaapow !

[@samsloanII]

The Game is Always Afoot with These Two

[@monstersince]

"help her they may be coming"

[@jonpayne4931]

I wondered how this story would be represented onscreen. Most satisfactory.

[@ronaldmessina4229]

These are the times that DO NOT try men,s souls, but give life to all of the performances, and make the times of yesteryear much more appealing than the present day times, thus I feel as did Minever Cheevy, born in the incorrect century

[@maryleetilley4097]

I LOVE these Sherlock Holmes episodes! Thank you for taking the time to post them!! Do you have any other series similar to this one, and clean like these are, already posted? I will be sad when I finish all of these! I'm addicted! lol

[@PizzaFLIX]

We have a few Detective shows you might like including Dangerous Assignment starring Brian Donlevy, Man with a Camera starring Charles Bronson, and Mr. & Mrs. North. Thanks for watching

[@maryleetilley4097]

Thanks so much!! :)

[@jimmyjohnston8287]

Me too! It's wonderful.

[@oceanbrzzz]

PizzaFlix I enjoy Mr and Mrs North! 🌝

[@lindajandrokovic5513]

Pizzaflix thank you making these episodes available.

[@leswhynin913]

I recognized this one from the cannon where it was called "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb."

[@YaamiNagvanshi_JayGopal]

THis is one of my favourite episodes!

[@stangets]

I love these blokes.

[@colemanadamson5943]

@8:18 the "bad guy" puts out the match and just tosses it on the floor!

[@barrycowen627]

Bad guys do that

[@madderhat5852]

6:26 Ah, laudanum and brandy. 2 of the major food groups. Hurrah!

[@evamartin4807]

It's amazing how much Ronald Howard looks like his son Leslie.

[@presvictor1]

Watson is wonderful, especially at 2:14. If he only played football for England this year, England would definitely beat the Italians and win the European 2020 Cup!

[@peterdeangelo7231]

Go Italy!!

[@0soloony]

I need some Brandy " Holmes please..." I like that Doctor.

[@im1who84u]

12:49 Let's see now. He met this guy at a train station around eleven-thirty at night, traveled by car for about an hour, and he gets to this house where everyone seems to be up and dressed in suite and tie..... and now he wants to start working on a dangerous hydraulic press in the middle of the night and he is tired. Yea, that sounds like a good idea, what could go wrong. And we even haven’t mentioned the fully dressed and wide awake woman after midnight that seemed scared and was trying to warn him of eminent danger. Doesn’t look like he brought an overnight bag either. Is he planning wearing those same clothes for his entire visit, even after he gets all sweaty and dirty working on a hydraulic press? But, that’s just me.

[@Тамара-ю7в1ц]

Какой страшный фильм, но лучше, чем в книге. Пусть ботинок испортился, зато все тело целое, палец не отрезали, да еще и невесту нашел, исцеленную от немоты! Очень хороший конец! И злодея поймали!

[@stevengrotte2987]

In the book he lost his thumb getting out of the hydraulic press/room when they tried to kill him with it, I bought the book/read it when I was 14 in 1962.

[@Tsnore]

Wasn't it the cleaver on the window sill though?

[@WolfMaiden11]

He might have lost his £50 fee, but it seems he found a new love in the process, judging by how he was holding onto her.

[@AR-iu9jv]

Can't blame him really

[@shoeshinegirl101]

👍👍👍💕 thank you‼️

[@proudbluestaterful]

In my opinion, the best sherlock holmes, howard

[@lifeisgood1222]

Wrong. The best Sherlock Holmes was Jeremy Brent. JEREMY BRENT was SHERLOCK HOLMES.

[@paulmitchell359]

That was epikak he swigged from his bottle.

[@josephtorre2348]

Great....no ads

[@JohnLloydScharf]

The woman who was "uninjured but in a deep state of shock," certainly had a very stiff neck while being carried along in the beginning few minutes.

[@TheFrog767]

Yes her head should have flopped backwards good catch.

[@Ndlanding]

I was amazed at how Watson was able to declare her uninjured just by taking her pulse.

[@nicholascollora6709]

Watson's words were medicine...

[@appalachianmama3384]

I was curious if the bad guy gave a thought about how they were going to clean up the mess in the press after he smushed that man. Eww.

[@mikerilling2745]

All the women fainted back then, men’s coats had gaudy checkered patterns and clearly brandy cures everything 😂

[@waderaney7]

Excellent

[@ZER0--]

I've been watching these and they are great, But I noticed that every bloke has a moustache. Apart from Sherlock.

[@tomsavage7279WalteroftheSea]

It’s because the same cast nearly always appear in one ep after another. The blokes change appearance by facial hair and the lasses with wigs and make up! This is why there are 39 episodes cos economies were made by not shipping different casts in every week. 🎸

[@kh23797]

@@tomsavage7279WalteroftheSea These actors would likely have come out of British 'rep' (repertory companies) where the same group of actors would run through play after play, taking on different characters. Here in north Norfolk, our local theatre is one of the few in the UK that still runs a summer season along similar lines. The constable in the last scene was one of the bilingual French actors who occasionally pick up a bit part in this made-in-France series.

[@caeliknight]

Col. Lysander Stark's mustache is putting me off. Is it just me or is it crooked

[@mikerilling2745]

In any other story, the woman would’ve simply turned off the mechanical press, and opened the door😂 rather than tear open the wall😂

[@charlesodell804]

This is taken from Doyle's story, "The Case of the Engineer's Thumb." There was no woman in it, and the engineer had a thumb sheered off.

[@theangryholmesian4556]

Yes there was a woman in it. A German lady. She wasn't a main character but she was there.

[@Ndlanding]

@@theangryholmesian4556 Germans don't count.

[@Robbie_S]

True but the idea of TV in the 50s was not about gore and graphics. A missing thumb would mean horror. Hence they went with a milder tone such as missing shoe.

[@PhilBagels]

How did he lose his thumb? It couldn't have been from narrowly escaping being crushed by a hydraulic press. Your thumb wouldn't be the last body part to exit the thing. A big toe, maybe, but certainly not a thumb.

[@johanne577]

@@PhilBagelsin the book, engineer was escaping out the window and the culprit swung an axe at him, caught the thumb ouch

[@jacksternquist6625]

An interesting plot....somewhat aimless, but regardless, a good SH...

[@charlesodell804]

Excuse me. I now remember there WAS a woman in it, and she saved him from the press. I can't remember if she fled with him.

[@theangryholmesian4556]

Ahh there we go.

[@Ndlanding]

@@theangryholmesian4556 If she was German, she must have fled. Somewhere.

[@jewelberrypepperweb]

DCharles Odell

[@johanne577]

in the book, girl saves the engineer too, but she escapes with the culprits

[@rogerscottcathey]

The Case of the Ankyloglossiac.

[@billh.6135]

That young man should marry Ruth Connors. She saved his life twice!

[@AR-iy7oy]

He shot in front of him, but the constable was to his side so how did he get injured?

[@0x007A]

As Holmes tapped the floor, the constable moved from beside the hiding spot to in front of it.

[@Wayne_155]

Elementary, my dear AR

[@adders45]

Baker Street was a lot narrower then lol

[@johanne577]

ahh they rewrote this, engineer does not lose a thumb AND gets the girl AND sherlock gets the culprit. Not so in the book. What they retained- engineer still did not get paid 😅 and girl saves the day, er, night ! same in the book

[@mikerilling2745]

The constable was standing behind the shooter😂 , so how in the world did the constable get shot?😂

[@tinkeringinthailand8147]

Wow, he said "shitless pulp" (15:50 to 15:52), and this was back in 1955. 🤣😂🤣

[@Wayne_155]

😆😆😆 not sure if it was a "shitless pulp" or "shapeless pulp." I definitely prefer the former

[@jamessharpe6699]

Oh wow he lost a thumb in the original writings

[@mikerilling2745]

Ronald Howard was the son of Leslie Howard

[@michaelhalbert9264]

The original story was called the engineers thumb.

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

Why didn't she just turn off the machine, unlock and open the door? Or just open the door? And how did he get sooo dirty and out of his jacket in just a couple of minutes? Oh. If she could have kicked in the wooden side wall, why couldn't he have? I am enjoying this though. Thank you for posting.

[@spit-boy9991]

Brandy, the ultimate cure all

[@codprawn]

This is closely based on the book called the engineers thumb. Why the change of title?

[@johanne577]

because in this one, he only lost a shoe. no hacking off thumbs.

[@jamesl9371]

Worried about the £50 fee after all that? Are you kidding?

[@Ndlanding]

I would be! Fifty knicker from back then would be worth more than fify-two pounds now.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

What good is 50 quid when you've lost a thumb?

[@im1who84u]

13:38 Still dressed up and wearing a tie? If I was him, I would have walked out of that house when no one was looking and not looked back. They will obviously kill him after he has served his purpose. Surly they can't let him live and go back to London, and surly they do not want another "partner".

[@melvina628]

16:22 He could have done that himself. He knew it was only made of wood.

[@Userykp]

He would still need an axe 🤔to do it..

[@Phooie]

@@Userykp I like your pondering emoji

[@Userykp]

@@Phooie 😁

[@im1who84u]

24:23 Don't these guys ever change clothes? He crawls out of that hole still wearing a clean pressed suite and tie.

[@stevengrotte2987]

Not to self, watched 1/5/18.

[@seosamhofionnaghain8699]

Video 12. 161,680 Views So Far October 13 - 2019.

[@dennislyon8030]

Anyone remember Hody Doody an Andy's Gang 😊

[@donnajames9083]

Within minutes the press would have crushed him and yet he had time to remove his jacket lol. The woman who plays the housekeeper (June Crawford and H. Marion Crawford's third wife) isn't very good in this episode she's ok in the laughing mummy and the neurotic detective

[@Wayne_155]

I'll have to check out these episodes. Thanx for the review, Donna. I'm gonna watch the hilarious mummy next 👍🏼

[@Wayne_155]

The Laughing Mummy episode was really good and quite hilarious as well. Donna. I have yet to watch The Neurotic Detective, but the humour that's written & performed in this series has me crying occasionally. Enjoy your afternoon/evening, Donna 👍🏼 ☮️ from 🇨🇦

[@donnajames9083]

@@Wayne_155 The episodes are funny even though they are black and white i prefer those to the more up to date ones. The other one is the belligerent ghost another that one is good a slight mystery along with funny parts and Harry crocker Eugene deckers is brilliant he's in a few of them playing different roles. Have a good day/evening 👍

[@Wayne_155]

@Donna James definitely prefer black & white to colour. A lot of humour in this show. Well, sadly, it's my weekend to work, Donna, but I hope the weather is awesome for you ☮️👍🏼

[@donnajames9083]

@@Wayne_155 Not really it's been a little grey and raining. Absolutely those episodes and that series was the better ones👍

[@BpGregor]

Do you mean than usual?

[@granny13ad33]

Heard this enough. Good story but a bit tedious. Worth a listen but not three times.

[@ncooty]

@21:06: So she also lost the ability to write? (This is poor writing.)

[@Ndlanding]

The problem was that the police couldn't read.

[@donaldpetkus1612]

Possibly no one would bother to teach her to read or write because she had a disability. Especially if she was an orphan.i admit I know nothing about how Victorians dealt with such cases.

[@donaldpetkus1612]

My comment was premature. Later I saw that she did write the engineer a note. There was a reference to returning her to a “school” at Bedlam.

[@patriciaramsey5294]

But the 'school' was an insane aslym. She regained her voice and confessed that

[@fredblonder7850]

8:18 I’ll just toss this match over the bannister.

[@im1who84u]

19:00 What is it now? About three in the morning?

[@feralbluee]

5:00 omg - this one is really a horrid one - how are they going to handle it?. . . the real story has a lot more suspense and gruesomeness - it's an audiobook somewhere on UTube. . . this play was good though - how much can you put into 26 minutes? and i like the romance :}

[@Russ442100]

I'm watching all these episodes and enjoying them very much .. And just like many others here I can't stand the bumbling useless Watson either.. but Im wondering where Moriarity is? Will i get to the last episode and not see him at all?

[@im1who84u]

18:10 Finish the job, kill him. If you don't, It'll come back to bite you later.

[@morgie52]

Appalling acting in this episode. Quite amusing

[@TwoGunToast]

This is episode 12

[@sarahhomrighausen7349]

That's funny...

[@im1who84u]

16:04 Wait... what happened? How did his coat get taken off and his face all dirty? And why is he weak and coughing?

[@patriciaramsey5294]

He was probably weak from shouting for help. MYbe he wrapped his hand in his jacket and tried to bustdown the wall to get out. It looks like the lady just hit the wallhard enough and wham! He is free

[@Ndlanding]

No detecting was done (except for the trapdoor). A bit shitey, this episode, IMHO.

[@montiemehsling2992]

This is lame, in the best possible way

[@sophiadioti4420]

Έλλην. υπότιτλους σας παρακαλώ..

[@carryon2197]

Ok

[@robbiemify]

Absolutely the worst Holmes storyline ever, appalling !!

[@peterbaratta4903]

This one sucked.

[@calemcqueen]

The man responsible for creating the Sherlock Holmes character, Arthur Conan Doyle, was from Scotland, but his parents were Irish Catholics, from Ireland, who moved to Scotland before their sons birth. As an Irishman myself I take pride in that.

[@sarahhomrighausen7349]

That's funny...