The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

• Director: Dean Hargrove
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• Genre: Crime
• Movie Type: Detective Film
• Themes: Assumed Identities, Amateur Sleuths, Amnesia
• Release Year: 1976
• Country: US
• Run Time: 76 minutes

Plot

Larry Hagman stars as an incompetent New York motorcycle cop who suffers a head injury. Upon awakening, he's convinced that he is actually Sherlock Holmes, on the trail of the elusive Professor Moriarity. Jenny O'Hara plays a psychologist named Watson, who of course finds herself the would-be Sherlock's assistant. As it happens, the ersatz Holmes manages to solve a genuine mystery, and at the end it appears that he and Watson will continue to operate as a team. At least, that's what the producers hoped when they filmed this movie-length pilot for a potential TV series. Like most Sherlock Holmes spoofs, The Return of the World's Greatest Detective (aka Alias Sherlock Holmes) didn't sell, though the real Holmes (in a manner of speaking) enjoyed a 1980s renaissance on British television. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Larry Hagman; Nicholas Colasanto; Jenny O'Hara; Ron Silver

Credit

William L. Campbell - Art Director, Dean Hargrove - Director, John Kaufman Jr. - Editor, Dick de Benedictis - Composer (Music Score), William Mendenhall - Cinematographer, Dean Hargrove - Producer, Roland Kibbee - Producer, Dean Hargrove - Teleplay By, Roland Kibbee - Teleplay By

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