There is no reason to watch this film other than to see some pretty good actors flounder in a dismally awful script. It adds nothing whatsoever to the canon of Sherlock Holmes stories. Here Holmes repeatedly faults himself for not having seen something that turned out to be an important clue - very un-Holmes-like. Mason and Cushing do what they can with the terrible script but the insertion of character of Irene Adler was utterly pointless, she has no bearing whatsoever on the plot. And of course that was a waste of Anne Baxter's ability. Gordon Jackson was a bit more relevant to the plot but not much. I just hope all of the actors got paid well since this was not an addition to their resumes that they would or should have been proud of.
Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death
(1984 TV Movie)
An utter waste of talented actors
8 January 2023