The first part of the Soviet series of television films based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes, filmed in 1979. The film consists of two parts and was filmed based on the story "The Speckled Band" (1st part "The Acquaintance") and the novella "A Study in Scarlet" (beginning of the 1st part and the 2nd part "Bloody Inscription").

Cast

Vasiliy Livanov

Sherlock Holmes

Vitali Solomin

Dr. Watson

Rina Zelyonaya

Mrs. Hudson

Mariya Solomina

Helen Stoner/Julia Stoner

Gennadiy Bogachyov

Stamford

Fyodor Odinokov

Grimesby Roylott

Boryslav Brondukov

Inspector Lestrade

Igor Dmitriev

Inspector Gregson

Nikolai Karachentsov

Jefferson Hope

Viktor Aristov

Joseph Stangerson

Vitali Baganov

Rance - constable

Adolf Ilyin

Enoch Drebber

L

Lyubov Tishchenko

false widow

O

Oleg Khromenkov

courier

Boris Livanov Jr.

homeless boy

M

Mikhail Vorobyov

cabman

Y

Yakov Nayshuler

cabman

Aleksey Shato-Ba

homeless boy

Igor Okrepilov

forensic photographer

Viktor Gorbunov

policeman

Seasons

2 episodes

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson1980 · 2 episodes