The Sign of Four (2001 film)

The Sign of Four
Based on	The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
Screenplay by	Joe Wiesenfeld
Directed by	Rodney Gibbons
Starring	Matt Frewer Kenneth Welsh
Music by	Marc Ouellette
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Irene Litinsky
Cinematography	Eric Cayla
Editor(s)	Vidal Béïque
Running time	90 minutes
Release
Original release	2001
Chronology
Preceded by	The Hound of the Baskervilles
Followed by	The Royal Scandal

The Sign of Four (2001) is a Canadian television film directed by Rodney Gibbons and starring Matt Frewer and Kenneth Welsh. The movie is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes story.

Production

The second of four Holmes adaptations starring Frewer as Holmes, was preceded by The Hound of the Baskervilles in 2000, and then followed by The Royal Scandal (a blend of "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Bruce-Partington Plans") also in 2001, and The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (an original story) in 2002.

Frewer's portrayal of Holmes was largely criticized.

Differences from novel

Unlike the source novel, the movie features Holmes meeting with a Scotland Yard chemist named Professor Morgan who not only identifies the poison which killed Bartholomew Sholto but creates an antidote for Holmes.

Tonga is portrayed not as the savage pygmy of the novel but instead as an Asian with facial markings.

Cast

• Matt Frewer as Sherlock Holmes
• Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John H. Watson
• Johni Keyworth as Major John Sholto
• Sophie Lorain as Mary Morstan
• Edward Yankie as John Small
• Marcel Jeannin as Thaddeus / Bartholomew Sholto
• Michel Perron as Inspector Jones

External links

• The Sign of Four at IMDb