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Murder by Decree
Murder by Decree
is a 1979 British-Canadian
mystery
thriller film
directed by
Bob Clark
. It features the
Sherlock Holmes
and
Dr. John Watson
characters created by
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
, who are embroiled in the investigation surrounding the real-life
1888 Whitechapel murders
committed by "
Jack the Ripper
".
Christopher Plummer
plays Holmes and
James Mason
plays Watson. Though it features a similar premise, it is notably different in tone and result to
A Study in Terror
. It is loosely based on
The Ripper File
by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd.
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