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The Royal Scandal( 2001)

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Temptation May Be His Greatest Adversary

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of Bohemia's reputation with proof of their illicit affair. The evidence? A photograph. Her ransom? The king's hand in marriage. But not only does investigating detective Sherlock Holmes already know Irene from the past, he also knows that the queen of manipulation would never resort to such a common crime. After uncovering her true ambitions, Holmes draws the cunning songstress into a well-matched game of cat and mouse

    Top Billed Cast

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      Matt Frewer

      Sherlock Holmes

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      Kenneth Welsh

      Dr. Watson

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      Liliana Głąbczyńska

      Irene Adler

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      R.H. Thomson

      Mycroft Holmes

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Dec 25 2022
    This starts off with a clunky disclaimer claiming the film is based on characters from the public domain and so isn't approved by the estate of creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That's rather off-putting but it is still just about worth persevering with the rest of it. Matt Frewer dons the deerstalker and together with Kenneth Welsh as "Dr. Watson" they are drawn into a scandal that threatens the reputation of the King of Bohemia. It turns out that an old sparring partner of "Holmes" - the actress "Irene Adler" (Liliana Komorowska) is in town, and soon the duo deduce that she is probably behind a...

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    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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