In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes

1996

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Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and friend, Dr. Watson.

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Jean Haynes

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Patrick Macnee

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Christopher Lee

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Ian Fleming

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Lionel Atwill

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Nigel Bruce

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Lawrence Grossmith

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Basil Rathbone

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