
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
TV Series · TV-PG · 50 min · ★ 7.5
This series brings to life the many detectives of late Victorian London who were The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, from R. Austin Freeman’s brilliant forensic expert Dr. John Thorndyke to Arthur Morrison’s notorious villain, private inquiry agent Horace Dorrington, William Hope Hodgson’s world-famous ghost hunter Carnacki and Baroness Orczy’s detective Lady Molly of Scotland Yard.
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Details
- Release date
- 1971-09-20
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 50 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (11 votes)
Themes
- anthology
- based on short story
- suspense mystery
Cast & crew

John Fraser
as Dixon Druce
- FW
Frances White
as Lady Irene

Frank Williams
as Mr. Roberts

David Battley
as Podgers

Alan Tilvern
as Mr. Cornelius

Leslie Dwyer
as Lost Property Man

Ray Smith
as Chief prison officer
- PB
Peter Birrel
as M. Helder

Barbara Murray
as Lady Wiltshire

Ingrid Hafner
as Maria Hamer
Directed by Jonathan Alwyn, Jim Goddard, Alan Cooke +9 more