Without a Clue

“The flip side of Sherlock Holmes”

6.7(259)19881h 47m

ComedyCrime

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.

Director

Thom Eberhardt

Revenue

$8.5M

Cast

Michael Caine

Sherlock Holmes

Ben Kingsley

Dr. John Watson

Jeffrey Jones

Inspector Lestrade

Lysette Anthony

Impostor Leslie Giles

Nigel Davenport

Lord Smithwick

Peter Cook

Greenhough

Gregor Fisher

Bobby at Warehouse

Paul Freeman

Prof. James Moriarty

George Sweeney

John Clay

John Tordoff

Mr. Andrews

Alexandra Spencer

Mrs. Andrews

Matthew Sim

Real Lesley

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1 review

Geronimo1967

9mo ago

7.0

I’d love to have seen a Rathbone\Bruce example of role reversing! This one sees us with an entirely hopeless “Holmes” (Michael Caine) acclaimed as a sleuth by just about everyone except the true brains of the operation. That’s “Dr. Watson” (Ben Kingsley) who is the long-suffering cerebral power behind the throne. Finally exasperated by the drunken antics of “Holmes”, “Watson” determines to start w...