# The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

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**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Adventure, Mystery, Crime, Comedy
**Directed by**: Billy Wilder
**Written by**: Billy Wilder, I. A. L. Diamond
**Starring**: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page, Christopher Lee, Tamara Toumanova, Clive Revill

> *Anything But Elementary.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Foggy London streets at dusk a solitary violin plays 
A woman's desperate plea and a cryptic map 
Billy Wilder directs a nuanced take on the iconic detective.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, neon-soaked, outsider, playful

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