Murder by Decree (1979)
Directed by Bob Clark
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper, who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have their roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
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Just as Sherlock Holmes did in "Murder by Decree" and "A Study in Terror," the inspector finds a connection to the growing list of victims, a ritualistic aspect to the crimes, and clues that lead him to the gates of Buckingham Palace and a grand government conspiracy.
The character has been assayed by a veritable rogues’ gallery of actors including the legendary (and stodgy) Basil Rathbone, Nicol Williamson (in 1976's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, which notably featured a young Robert Duvall as Dr. Watson), Robert Stephens (in Billy Wilder's vaguely homoerotic The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes), and Christopher Plummer (in the excellent Holmes/Ripper face-off Murder by Decree, helmed by Bob Clark, of A Christmas Story).
I liked what Peter Cushing did with the part in the Hammer films version of The Hound of the Baskervilles and even enjoyed Christopher Plummer's slightly more emotional Holmes in Bob Clark's underrated Murder By Decree.