Sherlock Holmes (2009)
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Sherlock Holmes is a period mystery action film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Joel Silver, Lionel Wigram, Susan Downey, and Dan Lin. The screenplay, by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg, was developed from a story by Wigram and Johnson. Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law portray Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively.
In 1890, eccentric detective Holmes and his companion Watson are hired by a secret society to foil a mysticist’s plot to gain control of Britain by seemingly supernatural means. Rachel McAdams stars as their former adversary Irene Adler and Mark Strong portrays villain Lord Henry Blackwood. The film was widely released in North America on 25 December 2009, and on 26 December 2009 in the UK, Ireland, the Pacific and the Atlantic.
In 1890 London, private detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson prevents the ritualistic murder of a woman by Lord Henry Blackwood, who has killed five other young women similarly. Inspector Lestrade and the police arrest Blackwood. Three months later, Watson is engaged to Mary Morstan and moving out of 221B Baker Street; while he enjoys their adventures together, Watson looks forward to not having to deal with Holmes’ eccentricities. Meanwhile, Blackwood has been sentenced to death and requests to see Holmes, whom he warns of three more unstoppable deaths that will cause great changes to the world. Blackwood is subsequently hanged.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writers: Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Simon Kinberg, Lionel Wigram, Arthur Conan Doyle
Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan, Robert Maillet, Geraldine James
►Cast:
| Robert Downey Jr. | … | Sherlock Holmes |
| Jude Law | … | Dr. John Watson |
| Rachel McAdams | … | Irene Adler |
| Mark Strong | … | Lord Henry Blackwood |
| Eddie Marsan | … | Inspector Lestrade |
| Robert Maillet | … | Dredger |
| Geraldine James | … | Mrs. Hudson |
| Kelly Reilly | … | Mary Morstan |
| William Houston | … | Constable Clark |
| Hans Matheson | … | Lord Coward |
| James Fox | … | Sir Thomas Rotheram |
| William Hope | … | Ambassador Standish |
| Clive Russell | … | Captain Tanner |
| Oran Gurel | … | Reordan |
| David Garrick | … | McMurdo |
| Ky Discala | … | Maid (as Kylie Hutchinson) |
| Andrew Brooke | … | Guard Captain |
| Tom Watt | … | Carriage Driver |
| John Kearney | … | Carriage Driver |
| Sebastian Abineri | … | Coach Driver |
| Jonathan Gabriel Robbins | … | Guard |
| James A. Stephens | … | Captain Philips |
| Terence Taplin | … | Groundskeeper (as Terry Taplin) |
| Bronagh Gallagher | … | Palm Reader |
| Ed Tolputt | … | Anonymous Man |
| Joe Egan | … | Big Man |
| Jefferson Hall | … | Young Guard |
| Miles Jupp | … | Waiter |
| Marn Davies | … | Police Officer |
| Andrew Greenough | … | Prison Guard |
| Ned Dennehy | … | Man with Roses |
| Martin Ewens | … | Removable Man |
| Amanda Grace Johnson | … | Young Woman Sacrifice |
| James Greene | … | Governor |
| David Emmings | … | Grave Policeman |
| Ben Cartwright | … | Grave Policeman |
| Chris Sunley | … | Grave Policeman |
| Michael Jenn | … | Preacher |
| Timothy O’Hara | … | Porter / Smith |
| Guy Williams | … | Golden Dawn Envoy |
| Peter Miles | … | Thug |
| Sharon Ashton | … | Dock lady |
| William Atkinson | … | Brazier |
| Paul Bateman | … | Prisoner |
| Kathryn Beaumont | … | Vexed Woman |
| Aidan Belizaire | … | Extra |
| Jonathan Bridge | … | Man Carrying Tray of Fish in Market |
| Peter Paul Burrows | … | Golden Dawn Member |
| Kenneth W Caravan | … | Rake at Boxing Tournament |
| Alan Carter | … | Lord & MP in House of Lords |
| Kenneth Coombs | … | Dining Guest |
| Radu Andrei Cucu | … | Frenzy Man |
| James Currie | … | Prison Guard |
| Ross Donnelly | … | Man in Street |
| Paul J. Dove | … | Bishop |
| Jasey Ó Dálaigh | … | Michael |
| Andrew Goldfarb | … | Officer |
| Kas Graham | … | Dog Fighter |
| Michael Hennessy | … | Gentleman Diner |
| Marc Hockley | … | Preacher’s Look-out / Frenzied Man |
| Thomas Kadman | … | Pallbearer |
| Bobby Leigh | … | Bensi |
| Brendan McCoy | … | Fishmonger |
| Terence Pickering | … | Manchester Local |
| Matthew Radway | … | Barman |
| Rocco Ritchie | … | Boy in the Street |
| Bryan Samson | … | Lord |
| Robert Stone | … | Prizefighter |
| David Swift | … | Peer of the Realm |
| John Warman | … | Policeman |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia