Watch: Without a Clue 1988 123movies, Full Movie Online – This is a Sherlock Holmes story with a difference. Here, Dr. Watson is the ace detective and has been using an actor to play the part Holmes. Holmes is a drunken actor and gets on Watson’s nerves. When Watson tries to go it alone, he doesn’t have much success, so he is forced to let Holmes take all the credit once more..
Plot: Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public’s mind.
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loved the concept
Michael Caine is “Without a Clue” as Sherlock Holmes in this 1988 film also starring Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones, Lysette Anthony, Peter Cook, and Nigel Davenport.In this story, the real brains of the operation is Dr. Watson (Kingsley) – he solves a case, but because he was up for an important position at the time, he made up the name of a detective and told the police that he had solved it. The name he made up was, of course, Sherlock Holmes.
When Holmes becomes in demand, Watson goes out and finds a drunken, womanizing actor (Caine) with gambling debts and has him front for him as Holmes.
Watson gets fed up with Holmes, as does Mrs. Hudson, who loathes him, and at one point, they throw him out of 221B Baker Street. Watson tries to take an important case of counterfeit 5 pound notes himself, but the people involved only want Holmes. Watson has to go to a bar and talk him into returning.
Very good concept that becomes a little bit slapsticky (though funny) in the middle of the film — its strong points are at the beginning and at the end of the movie.
“Without a Clue” is a little bit silly, and with actors like these involved, it should have been a much stronger script. The performances are all excellent. I just wish it had been a little better.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 47 min (107 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 8539181
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Director Thom Eberhardt
Writer Gary Murphy, Larry Strawther
Actors Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones
Country United Kingdom
Awards 1 win & 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1, 1.66 : 1
Camera Panaflex Cameras and Lenses by Panavision
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA, Rank Film Laboratories, Denham, UK (processing)
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm