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Young Sherlock Holmes ()

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When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
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Sherlock Holmes
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John Watson
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Elizabeth Hardy
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Professor Rathe
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Mrs. Dribb
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Chester Cragwitch
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Rupert T. Waxflatter
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Det. Sgt. Lestrade
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Dudley
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Master Snelgrove
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Bentley Bobster
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The Reverend Duncan Nesbitt
Matthew Ryan ...
Dudley's Friend
Matthew Blakstad ...
Dudley's Friend
Jonathan Lacey ...
Dudley's Friend
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Ethan Engel
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Khasek - Lower Nile Tavern Owner
Roger Brierley ...
Mr. Holmes
Vivienne Chandler ...
Mrs. Holmes
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Curio Shop Owner
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Cemetery Caretaker
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School Porter
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School Reverend
Michael Cule ...
Policeman with Lestrade
Ralph Tabakin ...
Policeman in Shop Window
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Hotel Receptionist
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Older Watson (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lorne Baring ...
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Grant Burns ...
Schoolboy (uncredited)
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Acolyte (uncredited)
Gary Dean ...
Man in Street (uncredited)
Salo Gardner ...
Chestnut Seller (uncredited)
Lew Hooper ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Cathy Munroe ...
Lady in shop (uncredited)
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Footman (uncredited)
Henry Roberts ...
School Master (uncredited)
Reg Turner ...
Mourner (uncredited)
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Patron (Lower Nile Tavern) (uncredited)

Directed by

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Barry Levinson

Written by

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Arthur Conan Doyle ... (characters)
 
Chris Columbus ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Harry Benn ... associate producer
Roger Birnbaum ... producer (uncredited)
Mark Johnson ... producer
Kathleen Kennedy ... executive producer
Frank Marshall ... executive producer
Steven Spielberg ... executive producer
Henry Winkler ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Bruce Broughton

Cinematography by

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Stephen Goldblatt ... director of photography

Editing by

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Stu Linder

Editorial Department

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Peter Culverwell ... assistant editor
Neil Kirk ... apprentice editor

Casting By

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Irene Lamb

Production Design by

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Norman Reynolds

Art Direction by

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Charles Bishop
Fred Hole

Set Decoration by

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Michael Ford

Costume Design by

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Raymond Hughes

Makeup Department

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Joan Carpenter ... key hair stylist
Nick Dudman ... makeup artist
Richard Glass ... contact lens optician
Hilary Haines ... hair stylist
Chris Lyons ... special effects teeth
Peter Robb-King ... makeup supervisor
Jane Royle ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Arthur F. Repola ... post-production supervisor (as Arthur Repola)
Donald Toms ... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Peter Bennett ... first assistant director: second unit
Andrew Grieve ... second unit director
Peter Heslop ... third assistant director
Ian Hickinbotham ... second assistant director
Michael Murray ... first assistant director
Kevin Westley ... third assistant second unit director
Derek Harrington ... third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Gavin Bocquet ... assistant art director
Reg Bream ... chief draftsman
Paul Cheesman ... dressing props
Peter Childs ... draftsman
George Djurkovic ... assistant art director
Michael Finlay ... painter
Peter Hancock ... property master
Ron Higgins ... stand-by props
Sarah Horton ... art department junior
Martin Hubbard ... carpenter
Laurie Kerr ... carpenter
Jim Machin ... modelmaker
Philip McDonald ... property department
Jonathan McKinstry ... junior draftsman
Dave Midson ... chargehand dressing prop
Brian Muir ... sculptor
Michael G. Ploog ... illustrator (as Michael Ploog)
Mickey Pugh ... property department
Keith Short ... sculptor
Robert Voysey ... plasterer
Bill Welch ... construction manager (as William Welch)
Dave Weston ... stage hand
Mark White ... Transport
Derek Howarth ... modeller (uncredited)

Sound Department

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George H. Anderson ... additional sound effects editor (as George Anderson)
Scott Arundale ... sound editing production assistant
Michael J. Benavente ... additional sound effects editor (as Michael Benavente)
Pamela Bentkowski ... additional sound effects editor
Michael C. Casper ... re-recording mixer (as Michael Casper)
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith ... additional sound effects editor (as Lucy Coldsnow)
Tony Dawe ... production mixer
Avram D. Gold ... adr editor
Gary A. Hecker ... foley walker (as Gary Hecker)
Cindy Marty ... assistant sound effects editor
Dan O'Connell ... foley walker
Bruce Richardson ... supervising sound editor (as Paul Bruce Richardson)
Norman B. Schwartz ... post-production dialogue
James Simcik ... adr assistant
Robert Thirlwell ... re-recording mixer
Bill Varney ... re-recording mixer
Gary Wright ... additional sound effects editor

Special Effects by

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John Baker ... special effects technician
Jeff Clifford ... special effects technician
Terence J. Cox ... special effects technician
Rodney Fuller ... special effects technician
Crit Killen ... animation
Stephen Norrington ... animatronics supervisor
Kit West ... special effects supervisor
Trevor Wood ... special effects technician
Dale Haugo ... puppeteer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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David Allen ... motion supervisor: pastry sequence: ILM
Donna K. Baker ... rotoscope artist: ILM (as Donna Baker)
Gordon Baker ... effects animator: ILM
Barbara Brennan ... effects animator: ILM
Dave Carson ... effects art director: ILM
Sean M. Casey ... puppeteer: ILM (as Sean Casey)
Eric Christiansen ... glass consultant: ILM
Blair Clark ... puppeteer: ILM
Donald Clark ... optical camera operator: ILM (as Don Clark)
Don Conway ... computer animation: ILM
Robert L. Cook ... computer animation: ILM
Robert Cooper ... puppeteer: ILM (as Bob Cooper)
Kim Costalupes ... assistant editor: ILM
Jay Davis ... puppeteer: ILM
David DiFrancesco ... computer animation: ILM (as David Defrancesco)
John Ellis ... optical supervisor: ILM
Christopher Evans ... matte artist
Scott Farrar ... effects cameraman: pastry sequence: ILM
Warren Franklin ... general manager: ILM
Michael Gleason ... visual effects editor: ILM (as Mike Gleason)
Craig Good ... computer animation: ILM
Ellen Lichtwardt Goodchild ... animation supervisor: ILM (as Ellen Lichtwardt)
Ralph Gordon ... optical lineup: ILM
Caroleen Green ... matte artist: ILM
Robert Hill ... assistant cameraman: ILM
Sandy Houston ... rotoscope artist: ILM
Erik Jensen ... production coordinator: ILM
George H. Joblove ... coordinator: glass man sequence: ILM (as George Joblove)
Ed Jones ... optical lineup: ILM
Douglas S. Kay ... coordinator: glass man sequence: ILM (as Douglas Scott Kay)
John Lasseter ... computer animation: ILM
Tony Laudati ... puppeteer: ILM
Mike MacKenzie ... equipment engineering: ILM (as Michael MacKenzie)
Patrick McArdle ... assistant cameraman: ILM
Marghi McMahon ... puppeteer: ILM (as Marghe McMahon)
Terry Molatore ... rotoscope artist: ILM (as Terry Sittig) / rotoscope (as Terry Sittig)
Jack Mongovan ... effects animator: ILM
Dennis Muren ... visual effects supervisor: ILM
Eben Ostby ... computer animation: ILM
Michael Owens ... effects cameraman: harpy sequence: ILM
Udo Pampel ... equipment engineering: ILM
Michael Pangrazio ... matte artist supervisor
William Reeves ... computer animation: ILM
Thomas Rosseter ... optical lineup
David Salesin ... computer animation: ILM (as David H. Salesin)
Kenneth Smith ... head optical cameraman: ILM
David Sosalla ... creature fabrication: ILM
Howard Stein ... visual effects editor: ILM
Bruce Walters ... animation supervisor: ILM
Harry Walton ... go-motion animation: harpy sequence: ILM
Craig Barron ... matte photography supervisor (uncredited)
Alan Church ... optical cameraman (uncredited)
Ned Gorman ... visual effects (uncredited)
Tony Hudson ... puppeteer: ILM (uncredited)
Paul Huston ... matte modelmaker (uncredited)
Pamela Marcotte ... visual effects (uncredited)
Jay Riddle ... animation camera: ILM (uncredited)

Stunts

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Marc Boyle ... stunt arranger
Elaine Ford ... stunt performer
Arthur Howell ... fencing master
George Lane Cooper ... stunts (uncredited)
Simon Crane ... stunt double: Nicholas Rowe (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Tom Delmar ... stunts (uncredited)
Steve Dent ... stunts (uncredited)
Tracey Eddon ... stunts (uncredited)
Sadie Eden ... stunts (uncredited)
Ray Ford ... stunts (uncredited)
Roy Goodall ... fight choreographer (uncredited)
Billy Horrigan ... stunts (uncredited)
Denise Ryan ... stunt double: Susan Fleetwood (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)
Jason White ... stunts (uncredited)
Steve Whyment ... stunt double: Anthony Higgins (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Alan Annand ... focus puller: second unit
David Cadwallader ... key grip
Colin Corby ... camera operator
Martin Evans ... gaffer
Martin Foley ... clapper loader
John Golding ... camera operator: second unit
Rawdon Hayne ... focus puller
Clive Jackson ... clapper loader: second unit
Philip Jones ... key grip: second unit
Randy Jonsson ... assistant camera (as Randy Johnson)
Ray Meehan ... best boy
Stephen Smith ... director of photography: second unit (as Steven Smith)
George Whitear ... still photographer
Will Willis ... camera trainee
Ronald Lenoir ... chargehand rigger (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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William McPhail ... assistant to costume designer
Paul Vachon ... wardrobe supervisor
Hilary Watson ... costumer

Location Management

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Steven Lawrence ... location manager

Music Department

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Tom Boyd ... musician: oboe
Bruce Broughton ... conductor
Mark McKenzie ... orchestrators (as Mark C. McKenzie)
Don Nemitz ... orchestrator
Sinfonia of London ... orchestra
Curt Sobel ... music editor
James Thatcher ... musician: French horn
Eric Tomlinson ... music mixer
Bruce Broughton ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Libbie Barr ... script supervisor: second unit
Cheryl Leigh ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Danny Burns ... unit driver
Roy Hyatt ... unit driver
Ray Jones ... unit driver
Joe Lind ... unit driver
Ron Narduzzo ... unit driver
Mark White ... transportation: white trux/d&d trsnsport

Additional Crew

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David Allan ... consultant: fitness
Alan Arnold ... unit publicist
Virginia Ashton ... secretary to associate producer
Kate Barker ... assistant to executive producer
Irena Butcher ... assistant accountant
Vivienne Hammer ... accounting assistant
Fred Harding ... supervising accountant
Robert Harman ... wire man (as Bob Harman)
Tony Miller ... production accountant
Katrina Mitchell ... production assistant
Susan Moore ... assistant to producer
Julie Moskowitz ... assistant to executive producer
Phil Mullally ... floor runner
Bonne Radford ... controller
Mary T. Radford ... assistant to executive producer (as Mary Radford)
Carol Regan ... production coordinator
Marie Rowe ... assistant: Mr. Levinson
Margaret Street ... secretary to producer
Carolyn Trainor ... production assistant (as Caroline Trainor)
Rebecca West ... publicity secretary
Robert C. Campion ... assistant accountant (uncredited)
Burke Mattsson ... title designer (uncredited)

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) and John Watson (Alan Cox) meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it. Written by John Vogel

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Taglines The first exciting adventure of the world's greatest sleuth! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear (United States)
  • Pyramid of Fear (New Zealand, English title)
  • Young Sherlock Holmes and the Pyramid of Fear (United Kingdom)
  • Le Secret de la pyramide (France)
  • El secreto de la pirámide (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 109 min
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Box Office

Budget $18,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $2,538,000, 08 Dec 1985

Did You Know?

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Trivia (At around twenty-three minutes in) This is the first theatrical movie to have a completely CGI (computer-generated image) character: the knight emerging from the stained glass window to attack the priest. Industrial Light & Magic animated the scene, overseen by John Lasseter in a very early movie credit for Pixar. See more »
Goofs (at around 15 mins) Just before the flying machine crashes into the tree on its first flight, cables that the machine is hanging from are visible. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Young Sherlock Holmes/Fool for Love/Rocky IV/The Official Story (1985). See more »
Crazy Credits Throughout the end credits, the action follows a horsedrawn sleigh en route to an unknown destination. In last shot, the audience becomes privy to the surprise identity of the passenger, a key figure in Sherlockiana. See more »
Quotes Sherlock Holmes: A great detective relies on perception, intelligence, and imagination.
Lestrade: [amused] Where'd you get that rubbish from?
Sherlock Holmes: It's framed on the wall behind you.
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