Storyline

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.

First Aired

1954-10-18
Last Aired

1955-10-17
Creator
Genre

Mystery, Drama
Seasons

1
Episodes

39
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

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Season 1

1. The Case of the Cunningham Heritage

Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes, and assists him in solving a case that has co...More

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

25mins 1954-10-18

2. The Case of Lady Beryl

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

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

25mins 1954-10-25

3. The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun

Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, who was shot to death ...More

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.Less

25mins 1954-11-01

4. The Case of the Texas Cowgirl

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

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

25mins 1954-11-08

5. The Case of the Belligerent Ghost

When Dr. Watson thinks that he has seen a ghost, it puts Sherlock Holmes on a trail that leads to a cr...More

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.Less

25mins 1954-11-15

6. The Case of the Shy Ballerina

Dr. Watson accidentally comes home from his club with another man's coat, providing an important clue ...More

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.Less

25mins 1954-11-22

7. The Case of the Winthrop Legend

Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend, which foretells the death...More

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.Less

25mins 1954-11-29

8. The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff

The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to S...More

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

25mins 1954-12-06

9. The Case of Harry Crocker

Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangl...More

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

25mins 1954-12-06

10. The Mother Hubbard Case

Sherlock Holmes tracks down a murderer who uses a young girl to lure victims to empty houses, where th...More

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

25mins 1954-12-20

11. The Case of the Red Headed League

Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange story told to him by a shopkeeper, who claims to have been a me...More

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.Less

25mins 1954-12-27

12. The Case of the Shoeless Engineer

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are spending a restful day in the country, when they encounter a badly ...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-01-03

13. The Case of the Split Ticket

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-e...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-01-10

14. The Case of the French Interpreter

Dr. Watson urgently fetches Sherlock Holmes from his club, and brings him to see a French interpreter ...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-01-17

15. The Case of the Singing Violin

Betty is being tormented by apparent hallucinations, the latest of which she refers to as a 'singing v...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-01-24

16. The Case of the Greystone Inscription

Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has ...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-01-31

17. The Case of the Laughing Mummy

Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by explaining the source of an odd noise in the ...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-02-07

18. The Case of the Thistle Killer

Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard to track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles next to...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-02-14

19. The Case of the Vanished Detective

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

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

25mins 1955-02-21

20. The Case of the Careless Suffragette

A zealous suffragette acquires a bomb shaped like a croquet ball, intending only to draw attention to ...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-02-28

21. The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter

Sherlock Holmes races against time in order to find the location of a bomb that was planted somewhere ...More

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

25mins 1955-03-07

22. The Case of the Deadly Prophecy

Holmes and Watson are called to a boy's school in Belgium. It seems that a young student has gotten in...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-03-14

23. The Case of the Christmas Pudding

When a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes befor...More

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

25mins 1955-04-04

24. The Case of the Night Train Riddle

A young boy and his father are traveling on a train, and after they have a fight, the boy runs out of ...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-04-11

25. The Case of the Violent Suitor

"Aunt Lottie", an advice columnist who is actually a man named Alex Doogle, advises a young woman to b...More

"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.Less

25mins 1955-04-18

26. The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids

A baby is left on Holmes' and Watson's doorstep. The child turns out to be the son of a missing French...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-04-25

27. The Case of the Perfect Husband

Russell Partridge announces to his wife Janet one day that he is in fact a killer who has murdered his...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-03-02

28. The Case of the Jolly Hangman

Jessie Hooper hires Holmes to find her missing husband, William, and -- with the help of Lestrade's co...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-05-09

29. The Case of the Impostor Mystery

Holmes and Watson return from a vacation at Brighton to find an impostor has been impersonating Holmes...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-05-16

30. The Case of the Eiffel Tower

After a famous criminal is run over and killed by a milk truck, Insp. Lestrade finds a mysterious code...More

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.Less

25mins 1955-05-23

31. The Case of the Exhumed Client

Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his mysterious Farnsworth Castle. It turns out that Farnsworth...More

Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his mysterious Farnsworth Castle. It turns out that Farnsworth had a clause inserted in this will that his death, no matter what the apparent cause, would be investigated by Sherlock Holmes. Holmes' investigation reveals traces of arsenic in the man's body, and there seems to be no shortage of people who knew Sir Charles who wanted him dead.Less

25mins 1955-05-30

32. The Case of the Impromtu Performance

A condemned man scheduled to hang the next day uses his last request to ask Sherlock Holmes to prove h...More

A condemned man scheduled to hang the next day uses his last request to ask Sherlock Holmes to prove his innocence of the murder for which he is about to be executed.Less

25mins 1955-06-06

33. The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors

A political leader is being blackmailed, and to find the blackmailers, Holmes and Watson join a lonely...More

A political leader is being blackmailed, and to find the blackmailers, Holmes and Watson join a lonely hearts club. However, things don't go quite as planned, and Holmes winds up getting arrested and thrown in jail.Less

25mins 1955-06-20

34. The Case of the Royal Murder

As payment for solving a case, Holmes and Watson are invited to spend a weekend at an estate in the Ba...More

As payment for solving a case, Holmes and Watson are invited to spend a weekend at an estate in the Balkans. However, their vacation is cut short when another guest, Prince Stefan, is poisoned and their host is accused of the murder. Holmes must find the real killer before he himself becomes the next victim.Less

25mins 1955-06-27

35. The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough

This is the story of the hunt for the MacGregor treasure -- and curse. The villain would be the castle...More

This is the story of the hunt for the MacGregor treasure -- and curse. The villain would be the castle's foreclosing mortgage holder, Archibald Ross.Less

25mins 1955-07-04

36. The Case of the Neurotic Detective

Holmes begins acting even stranger than usual -- he tries to keep Watson from seeing the diamond neckl...More

Holmes begins acting even stranger than usual -- he tries to keep Watson from seeing the diamond necklace in his humidor, refuses to help Lestrade with the crime wave and dresses up to go with a Miss Jennifer Ames to a dance!Less

25mins 1955-07-11

37. The Case of the Unlucky Gambler

A young boy shows up at Baker Street, asking for Holmes' help in finding his missing father. Holmes' i...More

A young boy shows up at Baker Street, asking for Holmes' help in finding his missing father. Holmes' investigation reveals that the man is a gambler on the run from his creditors, and the team begins to make the rounds of the seedy gambling underworld in search of the boy's father.Less

25mins 1955-07-18

38. The Case of the Diamond Tooth

While walking along the banks of the River Thames, Watson finds a diamond tooth. The article takes on ...More

While walking along the banks of the River Thames, Watson finds a diamond tooth. The article takes on more meaning later, however, when Holmes learns that the body of a murder victim had been discovered near where Watson found the tooth.Less

25mins 1955-09-19

39. The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter

A chemist is accused of the murder of his fiancé's stepfather, who was determined to keep the two apar...More

A chemist is accused of the murder of his fiancé's stepfather, who was determined to keep the two apart. Although there is mounting evidence of the chemist's guilt, Holmes is requested by the old man's housekeeper to investigate the case, as she believes the young man to be innocent.Less