S01E01 The Case of the Cunningham Heritage
Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes, and assists him in solving a case that has confused Inspector Lestrade.
Sherlock Holmes
S01E18: The Case of the Thistle Killer
Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard to track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles next to each of the women he has murdered.
Overview
The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.
Episodes
S01E02 The Case of Lady Beryl
Lady Beryl confesses to a murder that was committed at her home, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that she is innocent.
S01E03 The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun
Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, who was shot to death in a sealed-up castle, with only two apparent suspects.
S01E04 The Case of the Texas Cowgirl
A cowgirl from a visiting rodeo show asks Sherlock Holmes to help her when she discovers a dead man in her hotel room.
S01E05 The Case of the Belligerent Ghost
When Dr. Watson thinks that he has seen a ghost, it puts Sherlock Holmes on a trail that leads to a crime at an art museum.
S01E06 The Case of the Shy Ballerina
Dr. Watson accidentally comes home from his club with another man's coat, providing an important clue when the other man is murdered late that same night.
S01E07 The Case of the Winthrop Legend
Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend, which foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in his possession.
S01E08 The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance.
S01E09 The Case of Harry Crocker
Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangling a chorus girl.
S01E10 The Mother Hubbard Case
Sherlock Holmes tracks down a murderer who uses a young girl to lure victims to empty houses, where they are killed.
S01E11 The Case of the Red Headed League
Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange story told to him by a shopkeeper, who claims to have been a member of the 'League of Red-Headed Men' until it unexpectedly dissolved.
S01E12 The Case of the Shoeless Engineer
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are spending a restful day in the country, when they encounter a badly injured man who is carrying an unconscious young woman. They take the pair back to their flat...
S01E13 The Case of the Split Ticket
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-excited O'Casey struggles to get his points across, but eventually he explains how he, his friend Albert, and...
S01E14 The Case of the French Interpreter
Dr. Watson urgently fetches Sherlock Holmes from his club, and brings him to see a French interpreter who urgently needs the detective. The interpreter, M. Dubec, explains how his services were requested by a man...
S01E15 The Case of the Singing Violin
Betty is being tormented by apparent hallucinations, the latest of which she refers to as a 'singing violin'. Her stepfather brings her fiancé to see her in this condition, and he tells the young man...
S01E16 The Case of the Greystone Inscription
Millicent Channing comes to consult Sherlock Holmes because her fiancé John has disappeared. John has recently been absorbed in his historical study, believing that he has made an important discovery. All that Millicent knows about...
S01E17 The Case of the Laughing Mummy
Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by explaining the source of an odd noise in the man's home, but in doing so Holmes uncovers a more serious mystery.
S01E18 The Case of the Thistle Killer
Sherlock Holmes helps Scotland Yard to track down a killer who has been leaving three thistles next to each of the women he has murdered.
S01E19 The Case of the Vanished Detective
When Sherlock Holmes disappears, Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade begin a search that leads them to a small shop.
S01E20 The Case of the Careless Suffragette
A zealous suffragette acquires a bomb shaped like a croquet ball, intending only to draw attention to her cause, but it is switched with a real croquet ball and explodes, killing a member of Parliament.
S01E21 The Case of the Reluctant Carpenter
Sherlock Holmes races against time in order to find the location of a bomb that was planted somewhere in London by an extortionist.
S01E22 The Case of the Deadly Prophecy
Holmes and Watson are called to a boy's school in Belgium. It seems that a young student has gotten into the habit of writing the names of faculty members on the steps of a nearby...
S01E23 The Case of the Christmas Pudding
When a serial killer is sentenced to death, he issues a threat that he will kill Sherlock Holmes before he himself is executed.
S01E24 The Case of the Night Train Riddle
A young boy and his father are traveling on a train, and after they have a fight, the boy runs out of the compartment and seems to have vanished into thin air. Although his governess...
S01E25 The Case of the Violent Suitor
"Aunt Lottie", an advice columnist who is actually a man named Alex Doogle, advises a young woman to break up with her violent and insanely jealous boyfriend. The jilted boyfriend then finds Doogle, severely beats...
S01E26 The Case of the Baker Street Nursemaids
A baby is left on Holmes' and Watson's doorstep. The child turns out to be the son of a missing French scientist. When Watson is later brutally attacked and the baby kidnapped, the detectives must...
S01E27 The Case of the Perfect Husband
Russell Partridge announces to his wife Janet one day that he is in fact a killer who has murdered his six previous wives, and notifies her that she has one day to live and get...
S01E28 The Case of the Jolly Hangman
Jessie Hooper hires Holmes to find her missing husband, William, and -- with the help of Lestrade's cousin MacDougal of Glasgow -- he his found hung -- like his grandfather. A rope salesman's laugh is...
S01E29 The Case of the Impostor Mystery
Holmes and Watson return from a vacation at Brighton to find an impostor has been impersonating Holmes, misadvising Lestrade to guard Hambleburg's not Carrolton's jewelry store and Sir Arthur to hide his valuables in the...
S01E30 The Case of the Eiffel Tower
After a famous criminal is run over and killed by a milk truck, Insp. Lestrade finds a mysterious coded note in the man's clothing. He asks Holmes to decipher it, and Holmes' subsequent investigation leads...
S01E31 The Case of the Exhumed Client
Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his mysterious Farnsworth Castle. It turns out that Farnsworth had a clause inserted in this will that his death, no matter what the apparent cause, would be investigated...
S01E32 The Case of the Impromtu Performance
A condemned man scheduled to hang the next day uses his last request to ask Sherlock Holmes to prove his innocence of the murder for which he is about to be executed.
S01E33 The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors
A political leader is being blackmailed, and to find the blackmailers, Holmes and Watson join a lonely hearts club. However, things don't go quite as planned, and Holmes winds up getting arrested and thrown in...
S01E34 The Case of the Royal Murder
As payment for solving a case, Holmes and Watson are invited to spend a weekend at an estate in the Balkans. However, their vacation is cut short when another guest, Prince Stefan, is poisoned and...
S01E35 The Case of the Haunted Gainsborough
This is the story of the hunt for the MacGregor treasure -- and curse. The villain would be the castle's foreclosing mortgage holder, Archibald Ross.
S01E36 The Case of the Neurotic Detective
Holmes begins acting even stranger than usual -- he tries to keep Watson from seeing the diamond necklace in his humidor, refuses to help Lestrade with the crime wave and dresses up to go with...
S01E37 The Case of the Unlucky Gambler
A young boy shows up at Baker Street, asking for Holmes' help in finding his missing father. Holmes' investigation reveals that the man is a gambler on the run from his creditors, and the team...
S01E38 The Case of the Diamond Tooth
While walking along the banks of the River Thames, Watson finds a diamond tooth. The article takes on more meaning later, however, when Holmes learns that the body of a murder victim had been discovered...
S01E39 The Case of the Tyrant's Daughter
A chemist is accused of the murder of his fiancé's stepfather, who was determined to keep the two apart. Although there is mounting evidence of the chemist's guilt, Holmes is requested by the old man's...
Cast
Howard Marion-Crawford
Dr. Watson
Ronald Howard
Sherlock Holmes
Archie Duncan
Inspektor Lestrade
Richard Larke
Sgt. Wilkins
