Season 1

Sherlock Holmes

Season 1

1954tvEnded1 Season · 39 Ep
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Season aired: 1954-10-18

Overview

The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.

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Episodes · 39

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The Case of the Cunningham Heritage
1

The Case of the Cunningham Heritage

25m1954-10-18

Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes, and assists him in solving a case that has confused Inspector Lestrade.

The Case of Lady Beryl
2

The Case of Lady Beryl

25m1954-10-25

Lady Beryl confesses to a murder that was committed at her home, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that she is innocent.

The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun
3

The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun

25m1954-11-01

Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, who was shot to death in a sealed-up castle, with only two apparent suspects.

The Case of the Texas Cowgirl
4

The Case of the Texas Cowgirl

25m1954-11-08

A cowgirl from a visiting rodeo show asks Sherlock Holmes to help her when she discovers a dead man in her hotel room.

The Case of the Belligerent Ghost
5

The Case of the Belligerent Ghost

25m1954-11-15

When Dr. Watson thinks that he has seen a ghost, it puts Sherlock Holmes on a trail that leads to a crime at an art museum.

The Case of the Shy Ballerina
6

The Case of the Shy Ballerina

25m1954-11-225

Dr. Watson accidentally comes home from his club with another man's coat, providing an important clue when the other man is murdered late that same night.

The Case of the Winthrop Legend
7

The Case of the Winthrop Legend

25m1954-11-296

Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend, which foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in his possession.

The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
8

The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff

25m1954-12-06

The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance.

The Case of Harry Crocker
9

The Case of Harry Crocker

25m1954-12-06

Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangling a chorus girl.

The Mother Hubbard Case
10

The Mother Hubbard Case

25m1954-12-205

Sherlock Holmes tracks down a murderer who uses a young girl to lure victims to empty houses, where they are killed.

The Case of the Red Headed League
11

The Case of the Red Headed League

25m1954-12-27

Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange story told to him by a shopkeeper, who claims to have been a member of the 'League of Red-Headed Men' until it unexpectedly dissolved.

The Case of the Shoeless Engineer
12

The Case of the Shoeless Engineer

25m1955-01-03

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are spending a restful day in the country, when they encounter a badly injured man who is carrying an unconscious young woman. They take the pair back to their flat in London, and after Dr. Watson has treated them, the man explains what has happened to them. He is Haterley, a hydraulic engineer with a business of his own. He had been hired by Colonel Stark and an associate, who wanted him to fix a large hydraulic press for them. He was taken to the colonel's country home, where their housekeeper tried frantically to warn him about Stark. After a tumultuous encounter, he and the housekeeper had barely escaped with their lives. From other details, Holmes deduces that Stark was involved in counterfeiting. Holmes, Watson, and Inspector Lestrade then set out to finish the case.

The Case of the Split Ticket
13

The Case of the Split Ticket

25m1955-01-106

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-excited O'Casey struggles to get his points across, but eventually he explains how he, his friend Albert, and a young woman whom he met in a bakery shop shared the price of a sweepstakes ticket, tearing the ticket into three pieces, one for each of them to hold. Their number won, and they each stand to win 8,000 pounds. But now Albert has disappeared, and unless the other two can find him by midnight, the ticket will expire, and then they won't be able to collect their winnings.

The Case of the French Interpreter
14

The Case of the French Interpreter

25m1955-01-17

Dr. Watson urgently fetches Sherlock Holmes from his club, and brings him to see a French interpreter who urgently needs the detective. The interpreter, M. Dubec, explains how his services were requested by a man named Lattimer, who then abducted him and took him to an unknown location. There Dubec was asked to persuade a Frenchman to sign some papers for Lattimer and an associate, so that they can gain control over his sister's wealth. The case becomes more urgent when the criminals find out about Dubec's meeting with Holmes, and once again take him to their hidden location.

The Case of the Singing Violin
15

The Case of the Singing Violin

25m1955-01-24

Betty is being tormented by apparent hallucinations, the latest of which she refers to as a 'singing violin'. Her stepfather brings her fiancé to see her in this condition, and he tells the young man that there can be no wedding, because Betty is going to be declared insane. The fiancé goes to consult Sherlock Holmes, but he is murdered before he can see the detective. When Inspector Lestrade consults Holmes about the murder, Holmes recognizes the name of the dead man and also of the step-father, who is the lone surviving partner in a large tea and spice business. Holmes quickly forms a theory about the murder, and sets out to prove it.

The Case of the Greystone Inscription
16

The Case of the Greystone Inscription

25m1955-01-31

Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an important discovery. All that Millicent knows about it is that John was planning to see Sir Thomas Greystone. She tells Holmes about her visit to Greystone Castle, where she was received coldly by the Greystones, and was told that they had never seen John. Holmes proceeds to John's flat to look at his research papers, and he finds a copy of a historical inscription that he then takes with him to Greystone Castle.Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an important discovery. All that Millicent knows about it is that John was planning to see Sir Thomas Greystone. She tells Holmes about her visit to Greystone Castle, where she was received coldly by the Greystones, and was told that they had never seen John. Holmes proceeds to John's flat to look at his research papers, and he finds a copy of a historical inscription that he then takes with him to Greystone Castle.

The Case of the Laughing Mummy
17

The Case of the Laughing Mummy

25m1955-02-07

Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by explaining the source of an odd noise in the man's home, but in doing so Holmes uncovers a more serious mystery.

The Case of the Thistle Killer
18

The Case of the Thistle Killer

25m1955-02-14

Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard to track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles next to each of the women he has murdered.

The Case of the Vanished Detective
19

The Case of the Vanished Detective

25m1955-02-21

When Sherlock Holmes disappears, Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade begin a search that leads them to a small shop.

The Case of the Careless Suffragette
20

The Case of the Careless Suffragette

25m1955-02-28

A zealous suffragette acquires a bomb shaped like a croquet ball, intending only to draw attention to her cause, but it is switched with a real croquet ball and explodes, killing a member of Parliament.

The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter
21

The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter

25m1955-03-07

Sherlock Holmes races against time in order to find the location of a bomb that was planted somewhere in London by an extortionist.

The Case of the Deadly Prophecy
22

The Case of the Deadly Prophecy

25m1955-03-14

Holmes and Watson are called to a boy's school in Belgium. It seems that a young student has gotten into the habit of writing the names of faculty members on the steps of a nearby church, and shortly afterwards person whose name has been written down is found dead.

The Case of the Christmas Pudding
23

The Case of the Christmas Pudding

25m1955-04-04

When a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before he himself is executed.

The Case of the Night Train Riddle
24

The Case of the Night Train Riddle

25m1955-04-11

A young boy and his father are traveling on a train, and after they have a fight, the boy runs out of the compartment and seems to have vanished into thin air. Although his governess thinks he has simply run away, Holmes begins to suspect something a bit more serious, and his investigation leads him to a nearby circus.

The Case of the Violent Suitor
25

The Case of the Violent Suitor

25m1955-04-18

"Aunt Lottie", an advice columnist who is actually a man named Alex Doogle, advises a young woman to break up with her violent and insanely jealous boyfriend. The jilted boyfriend then finds Doogle, severely beats him and threatens his life. Doogle turns to Sherlock Holmes, both for his own protection and to save the young woman from her crazed fiancé.

The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids
26

The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids

25m1955-04-25

A baby is left on Holmes' and Watson's doorstep. The child turns out to be the son of a missing French scientist. When Watson is later brutally attacked and the baby kidnapped, the detectives must find the baby and its father and avoid an international scandal.

The Case of the Perfect Husband
27

The Case of the Perfect Husband

25m1955-03-02

Russell Partridge announces to his wife Janet one day that he is in fact a killer who has murdered his six previous wives, and notifies her that she has one day to live and get her affairs in order before he murders her, too. Janet can get no one to believe her tale, except Holmes and Watson, who must devise a plan to trap the killer before Janet's time runs out.

The Case of the Jolly Hangman
28

The Case of the Jolly Hangman

25m1955-05-09

Jessie Hooper hires Holmes to find her missing husband, William, and -- with the help of Lestrade's cousin MacDougal of Glasgow -- he his found hung -- like his grandfather. A rope salesman's laugh is the key clue. It is ironically the window that William never returned to repair that traps villain by his tie.

The Case of the Impostor Mystery
29

The Case of the Impostor Mystery

25m1955-05-16

Holmes and Watson return from a vacation at Brighton to find an impostor has been impersonating Holmes, misadvising Lestrade to guard Hambleburg's not Carrolton's jewelry store and Sir Arthur to hide his valuables in the biscuit jar. Fighting impersonation with impersonation, Watson becomes the maharaja of Gampoor.

The Case of the Eiffel Tower
30

The Case of the Eiffel Tower

25m1955-05-23

After a famous criminal is run over and killed by a milk truck, Insp. Lestrade finds a mysterious coded note in the man's clothing. He asks Holmes to decipher it, and Holmes' subsequent investigation leads him to assume the dead gangster's identity and he follows a trail of clues to Paris.

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