Movie: The Masks of Death

Top 10 Billed Cast

Peter Cushing
Peter Cushing

Sherlock Holmes

John Mills
John Mills

Dr. John H. Watson / Narrator

Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter

Irene Adler / Mrs. Norton

Ray Milland
Ray Milland

Home Secretary

Anton Diffring
Anton Diffring

Graf Udo Von Felseck

Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson

Inspector Alec MacDonald

Marcus Gilbert
Marcus Gilbert

Anton Von Felseck

Susan Penhaligon
Susan Penhaligon

Miss Derwent

Jenny Laird
Jenny Laird

Mrs. Hudson

Russell Hunter
Russell Hunter

Alfred Coombs

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    Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems...

  • Release Date

    1984-12-23

  • Average

    5.429

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
  • Tagline

    The last adventure of Sherlock Holmes.

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    English
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