When you don't have a CSU yet, Sherlock Holmes is good to have around. When Holmes ferrets out the real story, the culprit is obvious. In this case Holmes functions like a one man CSU because it's forensics that tells the real story. Good thing Holmes was around because the local police definitely would have gotten it wrong. Watson played by David Burke receive word that both have been shot, Hilton Cubbitt is dead and Elsie Cubbitt gravely wounded. Cubbitt tells him just what those dancing men mean, tragedy strikes. Before Holmes can really go to work on it and in point of fact there isn't a whole lot he can do unless Mrs. The sight of what some might consider graffiti on his property, a drawing of some dancing men has scared her out of her mind. They've been married for three years, but he really knows nothing of her past and her erratic behavior of late is inexplicable. Jeremy Brett as Holmes is called in by a member of the minor gentry named Hilton Cubbitt who is very disturbed about the behavior of his wife Elsie who is an American expatriate. The deductive powers of Sherlock Holmes are put to the test in The Dancing Men. All in all, a superb episode and adaptation and one of the standouts of Adventures. Tenniel Evans, Betsy Brantley, Eugene Lipinski and David Ross match them just as effectively. Jeremy Brett as always gives a commanding performance as Holmes(I just love how methodical he was at the crime scene), and while I just prefer Edward Hardwicke as Watson David Burke is still a composed contrast. The music is of the hauntingly beautiful kind, the story is as clever and compelling as ever and the script thought-provoking and sophisticated.
Once again it is incredibly well-made, with the atmosphere as meticulous as you'd expect and the costumes and sets authentic and looking absolutely splendid.
#Dancing men cipher series
Of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series, I do consider The Dancing Men one of the standouts of the series alongside The Final Problem, The Crooked Man, The Blue Carbuncle, The Speckled Band and The Norwood Builder. Not to mention Jeremy Brett as my favourite Holmes(and I do have a lot of fondness for Basil Rathbone). I have always loved the Granada Sherlock Holmes adaptations, because they are so well-made and always interesting story-wise.
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