I viewed my latest addition tonight of comedy film Without a clue starring Michael Caine and Ben Kingsley among many other very good actors including, Jefffrey Jones, Paul Freeman, Nigel Davenport and a short appearance by Peter Cook.
This print is in very good shape with hardly a mark on it, a near perfect LPP colour print with a pin sharp image and colours that jump out of the screen, unfortunately, my images here do not do it any justice. Sound as always with 16mm is excellent throughout.
While this movie was not a big hit, i like it very much, the style of comedy is very often similar to Laurel and Hardy which never fails to raise a laugh, the sets are excellent and the production, set in Victorian England, looks very good.
Written by Gary Murphy and Larry Strawther, two devoted Sherlockians, the film originally had the working titles The Imposter of Baker Street and Sherlock and Me. The script was filled with numerous Doyle references, some of which were excised from the final film to make it more accessible. A reference from the real world that survived was the character of Norman Greenhough, based on Herbert Greenhough Smith, editor of The Strand Magazine, whose faith in the Holmes/Watson characters brought fame and fortune to both writer and periodical.