Geronimo1967
Id love to have seen a Rathbone\Bruce example of role reversing! This one sees us with an entirely hopeless Holmes (Michael Caine) acclaimed as a sleuth by just about everyone except the true brains of the operation. Thats Dr. Watson (Ben Kingsley) who is the long-suffering cerebral power behind the throne. Finally exasperated by the drunken antics of Holmes, Watson determines to start writing about the Crime Doctor instead. Not only do the publishers not fancy that idea, but neither do the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Nigel Davenport) nor Insp. Lestrade (Jeffrey Jones) when they need someone to investigate the theft of some Bank of England five pound plates. With nobody interested in the good doctors theories, he has to induce his erstwhil...