The Sign of Four
DVD Cover
Main Cast
Character
Actor
Sherlock Holmes
Matt Frewer
Dr. John Watson
Kenneth Welsh
Miss Mary Morstan
Sophie Lorain
Thaddeus Sholto / Bartholomew Sholto
Marcel Jeannin
Inspector Jones
Michel Perron
John Small
Edward Yankie
Major Sholto
Johni Keyworth
The Sign of Four is a Canadian 2001 made for TV detective movie, based on the famous novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is directed by Rodney Gibbons and stars Matt Frewer as Sherlock Holmes and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. Watson. The movie is the second installment in series of four Sherlock Holmes fims starring Frewer and Welsh.
The following weapons were used in the film The Sign of Four :
Revolvers
Top-break compact revolver
Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer ) carries a compact top-break revolver, possibly some Iver Johnson or Harrington & Richardson model. It may be the same gun that is used by Holmes in the first film of the series .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Iver Johnson - .38 S&W
Error creating thumbnail: File missing For comparison: Harrington & Richardson Premier 2nd Model, 4th Variation - .32 S&W
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Holmes holds the revolver in the scene on the river pier (in the movie this scene replaces the boat chase in original novel).
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Bodeo M1889
Dr. Watson (Kenneth Welsh ) also surrenders his revolver to Inspector Jones. The revolver is seen unclear but it seems to be a Bodeo M1889 , likely same gun that was used by Watson in the first film of the series .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bodeo Model 1889 Type I - 10.35x20mm R Italian
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Watson draws his revolver...
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Webley RIC
A Webley RIC New Model is used by Inspector Jones (Michel Perron ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley RIC No.1 New Model with 4.5" barrel - .476 Webley
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones' revolver in the drawer of his table.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones takes the revolver from the drawer. The grip is seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones unsuccessfully fires at Tonga who uses a blowpipe against police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The fluted cylinder of RIC New Model is seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones fires a revolver, and one of his constables fires a Martini-Henry rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rare bright view of the revolver in generally dark scene.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jones' revolver is seen in action, with rotating cylinder.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing In next moment the front sight disappears from the revolver (and re-appears in following moment). Most likely this particular sequence was filmed later, and meanwhile the revolver got a damage or was replaced with another prop.
Webley Bullgod
John Small (Edward Yankie ) (same character as Jonathan Small of the original novel) uses a Webley Bulldog during the shootout on the river pier. Holmes correctly call Small's revolver "a 5-shot Bulldog".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nickel British Bulldog, a model with unfluted cylinder.
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing The unfluted cylinder of his revolver is seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Small holds his revolver.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Small confronts Holmes...
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...but the great detective coolly replies that he counted all five shots...
Error creating thumbnail: File missing ...and he is right: Small's revolver runs dry.
Rifles
Martini-Henry Rifle
During the shootout on river pier, police constables are armed with full-lenght Martini-Henry Rifles .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Martini-Henry Mk. IV (1888-1889) - .577-.450
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Error creating thumbnail: File missing Four constables receive rifles from a gun rack.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel is seen.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A constable with Martini-Henry rifle.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Constables fire at Small, but Tonga attacks them with a blowpipe.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A constable fires at Tonga.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A rifle is seen near a poisoned constable while Watson holds a syringe, to inject the antidote.
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Enfield Pattern 1853
The opening scene, that tells the story of the treasure of Agra, is set during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and shows British soldiers armed with Enfield Pattern 1853 percussion cap rifled muskets.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Enfield Pattern 1853 - .577 Ball
Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Enfield 1853 is seen on the foreground.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing More rifles in stand.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A barrel of a rifle is seen at the right in the scene between Sergeant John Small (Edward Yankie ) and Captain (at that time) Sholto (Johni Keyworth).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Another view of a rifle at the background.