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The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Horse Of The Invisible (1.5, Thames, 1971)

“Oh, I do feel… dreadfully odd, sitting inside this thing!” “It must seem rather foolish; yet I have known cases where people stepped outside a pentacle…” “And lived to regret it?” “And… did not live.”

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: Cell 13 (2.3, Thames, 1973)

"Professor, I had heard that you'd been making some such claims. I was anxious to meet you, because as the architect responsible for advising the prison commissioners on security, you must realise that statements of that kind are damaging to my professional reputation."

"It's not my fault if your reputation is founded on a fallacy."

#the rivals of sherlock holmes #rivals spoilers #rivals rewatch #professor van dusen #the thinking machine #jacques futrelle #douglas wilmer #michael gough #ray smith #clifford rose #donald pickering #michael meacham #nicholas courtney #derek ware #davyd harries #janet davies #i wrote a bit about van dusen in my obit post for wilmer #it's a very difficult part that in lesser hands could be totally alienating #the professor is arrogant conceited and snobbish #but wilmer plays it just right with a twinkle in the eye and a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth #so the audience is in on the joke #he's brilliant #thanks again to @lost-spook #from whom i pinched that lovely pic of nick courtney #ray smith wears a preposterous fake beard throughout that makes him look more bear than man #and clifford rose being not sinister is... strange #callan had finished by now of course so he'd have been looking to expand his wheelhouse #but he played creeps so well its hard not to assume he's going to snap and start being awful

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Secret Of The Fox Hunter (2.10, Thames, 1973)

"Oh dear, now you're talking as a governess."

"Mr. Drew, I am talking as an Englishwoman!"

"I beg your pardon."

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Sensible Action Of Lieutenant Holst (2.6, Thames, 1973)

"It's ironic, is it not? You have a democracy, here in Denmark. And all that I and my comrades want is to establish a similar kind of democracy in Russia - and for that we are called anarchists. And you - a sensitive and liberal man - assist the kind of tyrants your country got rid of centuries ago! I do not blame you. You are doing your duty!"

#the rivals of sherlock holmes #rivals rewatch #rivals spoilers #lieutenant holst #palle rosenkrantz #john thaw #virginia stride #catherine schell #philip madoc #anthony newlands #vernon dobtcheff #michael turner #michael beint #paul whitsun jones #peter whitbread #john gatrell #ian stirling #one of the bleaker and more downbeat episodes #unlike the other rivals #holst is never really in control of the situation #and he knows it #the action and the outcome are all dictated by greater powers #the resulting helplessness of holst is uneasy after so many episodes of genius detectives saving the day #the core four of thaw schell madoc and stride are all very good #madoc especially manages to make his character simultaneously abrasive and sympathetic #but then great actors like newlands and dobtcheff are wasted in bit parts #newlands in particular would have been a good choice for one of the more pompous rivals #the following year thaw would play jack regan for the first time for armchair cinema #a very different type of policeman to sensitive lt holst

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Q.C.s (2.13, Thames, 1973)

"You're mad!"

"The dividing line between insanity and genius is a narrow one, Mr. Dallas. Happily, I fall into the latter category."

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery Of The Amber Beads (2.12, Thames, 1973)

"How'd you know that it wasn't Rose?"

"I keep telling you, because of the hands!"

"Oh yeah, the 'ands, of course, let's not forget the 'ands! And the stars, I suppose, and your crystal ball, and your frogs a-stewin' in your pot, and your - and your feelin's, and all that flummery! Listen, this is a police station Miss Stanley, not a tent on Brighton Pier!"

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Looting Of The Specie Room (2.11, Thames, 1973)

"You will often find that men who've received knighthoods for exceptional services to their country are also exceptional in other directions: exceptionally loud, exceptionally rude, and exceptionally mean."

The Rivals Of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Witness Sensation (1.2, Thames, 1971)

“I’d advise you to keep that sort of remark in your britches pocket while you’re here, Mr. Carrados. This once, your blind eyes protect you.” “They often have - they often will.”

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