The Sign of Four (2001 film)

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 novel published in 1890.

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	English
Production
Producer	Irene Litinsky
Cinematography	Eric Cayla
Editor	Vidal Béïque
Running time	90 minutes
Original release
Release	2001 (2001)
Related
The Hound of the Baskervilles The Royal Scandal

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 once again.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

Tonga is portrayed not as the savage pygmy of the novel but instead as an Asian with facial markings.^[3]

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

References

1. The Sherlock Holmes Collection (2000–2002) - DVD Review
2. The Sherlock Holmes Collection Archived 2010-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
3. The Sign of Four

External links

• The Sign of Four at IMDb