Young Sherlock Holmes
Theatrical Poster
Country
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Directed by
Barry Levinson
Release Date
1985
Studio
Amblin Entertainment
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Young Sherlock Holmes is a 1985 mystery adventure film directed by Barry Levinson and written by Chris Columbus . The film is based on characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but the story is an original one, depicting young Sherlock Holmes (Nicholas Rowe) and John Watson (Alan Cox) meeting at a boarding school (in contradiction with Conan Doyle works) and solving a mystery of a secret cult.
The following weapons were used in the film Young Sherlock Holmes :
Revolvers Webley RIC Detective Sergeant Lestrade (Roger Ashton-Griffiths ) holds a compact version of Webley RIC , maybe a Webley Metropolitan Police.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Webley Metropolitan Police - .450 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lestrade uses his Webley to pistol-whip insane Chester Cragwitch who attacked Holmes. Pistols Remington 1866 Derringer Professor Rathe (Anthony Higgins ) fires a Remington 1866 Derringer in the climactic scene.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Remington 1866 Derringer - .41 R.F. Caliber. 4th model - Blued with black grips. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rathe draws the derringer. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He fires at Holmes Error creating thumbnail: File missing Muzzles of the pistol are seen. Flintlock Knee Pistol Several patrons of the Lower Nile Tavern have Flintlock Pistols . They have small buttstocks and appear to be kind of "Knee pistol".
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Flintlock "Knee Pistol" (a large pistol with small buttstock), Tunisia - 45mm (1.77 inch) Error creating thumbnail: File missing An Asian man at the right carries a "knee pistol" in his belt. Error creating thumbnail: File missing He draws the gun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle of his gun is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Tavern patrons threaten young Holmes and Watson with their guns and knives. An African in center and and Asian at the background hold "knee pistols". Shotguns Percussion Cap Blunderbuss Khasek (Nadim Sawalha ), the owner of Lower Nile Tavern, raises a Blunderbuss when he and the patrons of the tavern drive away young Holmes and Watson. The blunderbuss has percussion cap lock, and its details allow to guess that the gun was converted from a flintlock.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Brass-barrelled percussion (converted from flintlock) blunderbuss by Twigg, London, late 18th century. The screen gun looks very similar. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Khasek and his patrons threaten the young men. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel. Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing The lock. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The blunderbuss is seen on a promotional image. Double Barreled Shotgun A Double Barreled Shotgun is seen in hands of insane bancker Chester Cragwitch (Freddie Jones ).
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chester Cragwitch holds the shotgun, driving Holmes and Watson away from his estate. Sawed-off Double Barreled Shotgun One of the patrons of Lower Nile Tavern holds a Sawed-off Double Barrel Shotgun .
Error creating thumbnail: File missing A Far Eastern man at the right holds a sawed-off shotgun. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The barrel of the shotgun is seen at the right. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The muzzle is seen. Single Barreled Shotgun What appear to be a Single Barreled Shotgun is briefly seen in hands of a cemetery doorkeeper.
Error creating thumbnail: File missing The doorkeeper holds a gun. The single muzzle is seen. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The doorkeeper fires in air. Error creating thumbnail: File missing The gun is seen after the shot. Trivia Several Napoleonic era (or maybe of even earlier time) cannons are seen on the terrace of Cragwitch's estate.
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