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{en} Sherlock Holmes (USA, 1954-1955), produced by Sheldon Reynolds, starring Ronald Howard (Holmes) and H. Marion Crawford (Watson). <TV series; 39 spisodes>

List of episodes

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• @ 1. The Case of the Cunningham Heritage (18 Oct 54)

After his return from Afghanistan, Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes and is recruited as his assistant. Together they investigate a murder, with a young lady as the prime suspect. Holmes finds the real murderer and learns his motive.

• @ 2. The Case of Lady Beryl (25 Oct 54)

Inspector Lestrade and Dr. Watson investigate a murder at the Beryl residence, but to their surprise get a confession from Lady Beryl, which Holmes does not credit. Holmes recreates the crime scene to expose the actual murderer.

• 3. The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun (1 Nov 54)

Watson and Holmes go to Sussex to investigate the gruesome death of Squire John Douglas; the weapon was a Pennsylvania sawn-off shotgun. Mr. Morell and Mrs. Douglas are suspected, but Holmes finds out John Douglas was not murdered. Based on The Valley of Fear.

• 4. The Case of the Texas Cowgirl (8 Nov 54)

Minnie O'Malley, a cowgirl in Bison Jack's visiting rodeo show, seeks help from Holmes to remove a dead body from her hotel room. Inspector Lestrade identifies it as a known thief, and Holmes unmasks the suspect.

• 5. The Case of the Belligerent Ghost (15 Nov 54)

Dr. Watson claims to have been attacked by the ghost of Albert Higgins. Holmes finds a link to the theft of the Blue Madonna in the Pembroke museum, which has been exchanged for a forgery.

• 6. The Case of the Shy Ballerina (22 Nov 54)

Dr Watson's hat is found at the scene of a murder, leading Lestrade to suspect him of having killed a diplomat lately returned from Saint Petersburg. A Russian ballet dancer and a composer are also suspects, but Holmes unmasks the real murderer.

• @ 7. The Case of the Winthrop Legend (29 Nov 54)

Harvey Winthrop asks Holmes to help him prevent his brother's potential death, but Holmes is unsuccessful in this and comes to suspect Harvey's fiancée.

• 8. The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff (6 Dec 54)

Holmes investigates murders, marked by the prior warning of a chicken claw, of those who had boarded the ship Gloria North.

• 9. The Case of Harry Crocker (13 Dec 54)

Escape artist Harry Crocker begs Holmes to help clear his name of a murder he didn't do, although clues seem to point to him. The murderer is revealed to have been jealous of the victim's relationship with Harry.

• 10. The Mother Hubbard Case (20 Dec 54)

Holmes tries to seek Margaret Martini's fiancé in a story connected with seven other disappearances. Every man has been killed inside an empty house. Holmes uncovers the murderer's identity and motive.

• 11. The Red-Headed League (27 Dec 54)

The story is a simplified version of "The Red-Headed League", but Wilson is a shop-owner instead of a pawnbroker.

• 12. The Case of the Shoeless Engineer (3 Jan 55)

The story follows that of "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb," but Hatherley loses a shoe rather than his thumb and escapes with the aid of the woman, Ruth Connors. Two co-conspirators are captured by Lestrade, with the assistance of Holmes.

• 13. The Case of the Split Ticket (10 Jan 55)

A man asks Holmes to help him find his friend, Mr. Snow, to get the last piece of a sweepstake ticket. Mr. Snow is apparently killed, but Holmes uncovers a fraud.

• 14. The Case of the French Interpreter (17 Jan 55)

A simplified version of "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter", but the captive survives and Mycroft is not present.

• 15. The Case of the Singing Violin (24 Jan 55)

Guy Durham, a rich tea and spice merchant, frightens his step-daughter Betty with ghostly violin music so that she can be declared insane and he can acquire her fortune. Holmes intervenes to prevent her murder and Lestrade arrests the perpetrator, who also murdered the girl's fiancé, James Winant.

• 16. The Case of the Greystone Inscription (31 Jan 55)

Ms. Millicent requests Holmes to find her fiancé, missing from Greystone Castle. Holmes assists in finding the location of King Richard II's possessions and gets a family to surrender.

• 17. The Case of the Laughing Mummy (7 Feb 55)

Holmes and Watson visit a country manor to see an ancient Egyptian mummy that allegedly makes strange laughing sounds, but Holmes deduces that the sound comes from elsewhere. Holmes further identifies the supposed mummy as the body of a latter-day archaeologist.

• 18. The Case of the Thistle Killer (14 Feb 55)

Lestrade is instructed to recruit Holmes to help find the Thistle Killer after the sixth murder. The police make preparations to catch the killer at Xerxes Park, where Holmes finds him in a surprising disguise.

• 19. The Case of the Vanished Detective (21 Feb 55)

Dr. Watson is worried at the long, unexplained absence of Holmes, and he persuades Lestrade to help locate him. Holmes was in fact working undercover as a shopkeeper in order to catch Carson, an escaped convict. The trail leads to retired judge Jeremiah Westlake, who had originally sentenced Carson.

• 20. The Case of the Careless Suffragette (28 Feb 55)

Holmes gets involved with a persistent suffragette, and an anarchist makes a bomb, which kills Pimpleton, a parliament official. Scotland Yard, guided by Holmes, finds the murderer.

• 21. The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter (7 Mar 55)

An arsonist/blackmailer, mistaking Lestrade for Holmes, threatens to continue a series of bombings unless he is paid thousands in extortion money. Using crude forensics, Holmes learns the site of the next bombing and removes the bomb from the Knightsbridge armoury with seconds to spare.

• 22. The Case of the Deadly Prophecy (14 Mar 55)

Holmes investigates a school for boys to find a connection to the deaths of people that had been predicted by Anton, in a plot that involves hypnosis and blackmail.

• 23. The Case of the Christmas Pudding (4 Apr 55)

John Norton, convicted of murder, swears vengeance on Holmes before his execution. Norton receives a Christmas pudding and escapes. After evading his revenge attempt, Holmes tries to find his accomplice.

• 24. The Case of the Night Train Riddle (11 Apr 55)

Holmes and Dr. Watson search for a missing boy called Paul on the train they are travelling in. Paul had quarrelled with his father and decided to run away. Holmes is able to prevent Paul, being held for his father's fortune, from being killed.

• 25. The Case of the Violent Suitor (18 Apr 55)

Alex Dougall comes to Holmes to help prevent a marriage between violent-tempered Jack Murdock and Susan Dearing, daughter of a murder victim. Holmes secures a confession and learns the identity of the murderer.

• 26. The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids (25 Apr 55)

Holmes receives a baby from Mrs. Durant after her husband is kidnapped. Later, the baby is also kidnapped. Holmes and Dr. Watson manage to infiltrate the home of the culprit, who wants Mr. Durant's U-boat plans, and they rescue the Durant family.

• 27. The Case of the Perfect Husband (2 May 55)

Russell Partridge, a rich and respectable art collector, threatens to kill his wife at nine o'clock on their first wedding anniversary. She doesn't know if she believes him, and Lestrade doesn't either. Holmes takes the threat seriously and is able to thwart an attempt on her life. He also makes a gruesome discovery in a secret hiding place.

• 28. The Case of the Jolly Hangman (9 May 55)

Holmes investigates a suicide, which is shown to be a covered-up murder in Glasgow leading to a suspect who poses under another name. Before he can murder the victim's wife as well, Holmes shows up.

• 29. The Case of the Imposter Mystery (19 May 55)

Holmes is blamed for faulty services which he didn't actually offer. To catch the imposter, Holmes and Dr. Watson go undercover as maharajas seeking security. Lestrade and his men chase, expose and arrest the imposter.

• 30. The Case of the Eiffel Tower (23 May 55)

Holmes, Lestrade and Dr. Watson follow a trail to the Eiffel Tower, crossing an espionage team who seek the coin they'd had but lost to a lady. Once they track the coin down, they provoke a riot to summon the police.

• 31. The Case of the Exhumed Client (30 May 55)

Holmes goes to a manor to investigate the murder of Sir Charles, presumably at the hands of an heir. In a story also involving a legend of the tower room, Holmes avoids death and keeps the occupants in suspense, then divulges the actual killer.

• 32. The Case of the Impromptu Performance (6 Jun 55)

Holmes investigates the murder of Mrs. Brighton to prove her husband's innocence. With little time to lose, he and Dr. Watson quickly follow the trail to uncover the murderer.

• 33. The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors (20 Jun 55)

A politician named Jeffrey asks Holmes to clear his name from a fight he didn't take part in. Holmes and Dr. Watson go to the marriage bureau to bait a trap for their suspects, and reveals their blackmailing activities.

• 34. The Case of the Royal Murder (27 Jun 55)

Holmes and Watson, guests at the hunting lodge of an unnamed Central European king, witness a murder. They are able to expose the culprit and avoid a war.

• 35. The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough (4 Jul 55)

Mr. McGregor seeks Holmes's help in solving a mystery of an apparent ghost.

• 36. The Case of the Neurotic Detective (11 Jul 55)

Multiple thefts have occurred without a trace of the perpetrator, and Holmes is becoming eccentric, while Dr. Watson becomes suspicious of his activities.

• 37. The Case of the Unlucky Gambler (18 Jul 55)

A boy, Robert, asks Holmes to find his missing father, who had turned to gambling. Holmes gets the attention of a man named Jack Driscoll and tracks down the father, Mr. Fenech.

• 38. The Case of the Diamond Tooth (19 Sep 55)

Lestrade investigates a murder — which, Holmes finds, has a link to a diamond tooth. Dr. Watson and Holmes search a shipping dock in disguise to meet the murderer, who had used a boa constrictor to kill Vagos.

• 39. The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter (17 OCT 55)

Holmes thoroughly investigates the apparent murder of Hammingway in order to save the life of the accused, Mr. Vernon, the fiancé of his step-daughter.