Silver Blaze (1977 film)

Silver Blaze 1977 is a BritishCanadian television film directed by John Davies and starring Christopher Plummer and Thorley Walters. The movie is based on Arthur Conan Doyles story of the same name.

Plummers interpretation of Holmes is notable for playing up Holmes drug addiction. Plummer stated at the timeAnd since the subject of drugs is so topical, I decided to stress this part of the detectives life by having the pallid colouring associated with drug addiction. ........

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