The Illustrious Client
Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word...
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"With his facial profile, Douglas Wilmer was bound to play Sherlock Holmes. In this episode the detective is hired to find dirt on Baron Gruner. Peter Wyngarde plays the narcistic Baron who collects Chinese pottery and women. We see him mistreating his latest victim but she remains helplessly under his spell. She is in danger of making the biggest mistake of her life by marrying him. Holmes is helped by one of the Baron's former victims played by Rosemary Leach. She is hell-bent on revenge. Watson is played well by Nigel Stock who would continue in the role after Wilmer left the series. In..."
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Overseas sales prints of this episode featured special opening titles including Peter Wyngarde as Baron Grüner alongside the series' two regulars, as part of the actor's contractual agreement.
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Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word...