A Study in Terror (1965)

Film details

Featuring

John Neville Donald Houston John Fraser
Director

James Hill
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1965
Genres

Detective drama Horror Period drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Fog Working

Synopsis

Crime drama set in the East End of London in the 1880's. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate a series of murders by Jack the Ripper, of prostitutes in Whitechapel.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sherlock Holmes
    
    John Neville
  - Doctor Watson
    
    Donald Houston
  - Lord Carfax
    
    John Fraser
  - Doctor Murray
    
    Anthony Quayle
  - Annie Chapman
    
    Barbara Windsor
  - Angela
    
    Adrienne Corri
  - Inspector Lestrade
    
    Frank Finlay
  - Sally
    
    Judi Dench
  - Max Steiner, innkeeper
    
    Peter Carsten
  - Joseph Beck
    
    Charles Régnier
  - Mycroft Holmes
    
    Robert Morley
  - Prime Minister
    
    Cecil Parker
  - singer
    
    Georgia Brown
  - Duke of Shires
    
    Barry Jones
  - Chunky
    
    Terry Downes
  - Home Secretary
    
    Dudley Foster
  - Michael Osborne, simpleton
    
    John Cairney
  - Cathy Eddowes
    
    Kay Walsh
  - Polly Nichols
    
    Christiane Maybach
  - Mary Kelly
    
    Edina Ronay
  - landlady
    
    Avis Bunnage
  - Mrs Hudson
    
    Barbara Leake
  - PC Benson
    
    Patrick Newell
  - Liz Stride
    
    Norma Foster
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    James Hill
  - Assistant Director
    
    Barry Langley
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Compton-Tekli Film Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Sir Nigel Films
  - Executive Producer
    
    Herman Cohen
  - Presented by
    
    Michael Klinger
  - Presented by
    
    Tony Tenser
  - Producer
    
    Henry E. Lester
  - Associate Producer
    
    Robert Sterne
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Donald Ford
  - Screenplay
    
    Derek Ford
  - Original characters
    
    Arthur Conan Doyle
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Desmond Dickinson
  - Camera Operator
    
    Norman Jones
  - [Co-Camera Operator]
    
    Marc Hyams
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    Wally Veevers
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Henry Richardson
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Alex Vetchinsky
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Motley
  Music:
  - Music composed and conducted
    
    John Scott
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    H.L. Bird
  - Sound
    
    John Cox