SHERLOCK HOLMES Unsold TV Pilot 1951. The Man Who Disappeared w/ John Longden

This piece isn't rare but this is direct from 16mm so it should look a bit better than most versions floating around. Before Jeremy Brett and long before Watson became a woman this was the first attempt by television producers to make Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character into a weekly series. This version never went past the pilot stage but the lead actor (Longden) does give a solid performance. A bit low budget but worth watching. The film fell into the public domain in 1979 from lack of copyright renewal.

[@walterwheeler5465]

This has good audio and visual for a 64 year old film. The plot and acting were good. Thank you for sharing.

[@walterwheeler5465]

A very good "pilot" of Sherlock Holmes. This is the second time over a handful of years that I have viewed this pilot - it has a good plot, acting, and atmosphere.

[@BrianthatiscalledBrian]

It was funny to see the cars and trucks driving on London Bridge when they were riding around in horse and carriage. Thanks for the upload. :)

[@13699111]

Thank you so much I've for the most part given up antenna TV , Michigan PBS , etc so interesting good movies are a pleasure .

[@robertjulian9565]

Great Fun, Love these olldies.Cheers for upload

[@brandashusband]

A pretty good story, loosely based on the Sherlock Holmes story "The Man With The Twisted Lip". The scene where Holmes finds the missing man's clothes floating near the banks of the river look identical to me as the same scene in the Jeremy Brett version. :-)

[@slogomary]

Thank uou for sharing!

[@LandondeeL]

The stock music score heard here is the same one used in the 1935 film "Scrooge". Even some of the fonts used in the opening titles date back to the silent days.

[@misskim2058]

Thanks for the uolod:)

[@railway-share3820]

Good period feel to this.

[@dianevitale1214]

Thanks.

[@granny13ad33]

Quite a bit of fun, this one! Thank you. Can you imagine, a license to run an opium den? Such a funky thing. I can't imagine why anyone would want to lie around day in and day out in an opium stupor. Longden did a good job as Holmes, but he just didn't quite do it for me visually. It was delightful, and I think you very much.

[@jtcbrt]

The Man With The Twisted Lip

[@glutinousmaximus]

Liked it!

[@Gohot229]

Cool another Sherlock Holmes....

[@beegee1960]

Holmes points our that there is “human blood” on the windowsill. How did he know it was human blood just by looking?

[@tangledupinbluuu]

NICE

[@user-ps1zx5ge8w]

cool

[@Tsnore]

Nevertheless, relatively rare my Dear Watson. どうもありがとう。

[@jonericus]

talk about your elaborate sets! :D

[@stephenhowlett6345]

Well it's not the worst Sherlock Holmes I've seen and for the early 60s not to bad, would have thought it would have done better than unsold. Of course we now judge every Holmes by Jeremy Brett and there's not an actor on the planet that could come close to his character.

[@zthetha]

Not exactly Brett & Hardwicke, is it?

[@thinkagain9457]

Nor Rathbone & Bruce either.

[@davidfrancis6491]

the 1950s set is awful hardly victorian