The Crucifer of Blood (film)
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| The Crucifer of Blood | |
|---|---|
| Based on | The Crucifer of Blood by Paul Giovanni Sherlock Holmes characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Screenplay by | Paul Giovanni Fraser C. Heston |
| Directed by | Fraser Clarke Heston (as Fraser C. Heston) |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Richard Johnson Edward Fox Simon Callow |
| Music by | Carl Davis |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Fraser C. Heston |
| Cinematography | Robin Vidgeon |
| Editor | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Production companies | Turner Pictures British Lion |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | November 14, 1991 |
The Crucifer of Blood is a 1991 TV movie based on the play of the same name by Paul Giovanni, who wrote the screenplay along with Fraser C. Heston, who directed the picture. The play and film are an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four.
Charlton Heston, the father of Fraser Heston, plays Sherlock Holmes, a role he first played in a Los Angeles production of Giovanni's play.[1] Richard Johnson co-stars as Dr. Watson and Simon Callow plays Inspector Lestrade.
The film was made in England by British Lion and Turner Films for cable television, and was first broadcast on TNT on November 14, 1991.
Plot
[edit]A beautiful young woman asks Holmes to help her father, a former army captain and hopeless opium addict break free of the curse surrounding a treasure stolen decades ago, when he was stationed in The Raj.
Cast
[edit]- Charlton Heston as Sherlock Holmes
- Richard Johnson as Dr. Watson
- Edward Fox as Alistair St. Claire
- Susannah Harker as Irene St. Claire
- Simon Callow as Inspector Lestrade
Production
[edit]The play, directed by the author, premiered in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre in the Los Angeles Music Center on December 5, 1980, and ran through January 17, 1981. Charlton Heston played Sherlock Holmes and Jeremy Brett, who later became one of the most famous portrayers of the Victorian consulting detective, played Dr. Watson.[2]
Frasier Heston had written the script for 1980 movie The Mountain Men that had starred Charlton Heston, and had produced his father's TV adaptation of A Man For All Seasons (1988). He directed his father as Long John Silver in an adaptation of Treasure Island for TNT the year before helming The Crucifer of Blood.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Charlton Heston: American actor". britannica.com. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "The Crucifer of Blood (play 1980-1981 with Charlton Heston)". arthur_conan_doyle.com. Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ Lybarger, Dan (28 February 2020). "Fraser Heston remembers The Ten Commandments". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- 1991 films
- 1991 television films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s historical thriller films
- 1990s mystery thriller films
- Sherlock Holmes films based on works by Arthur Conan Doyle
- British historical thriller films
- Films set in the Victorian era
- Films set in London
- Historical mystery films
- 1990s American films
- English-language mystery thriller films
- English-language historical thriller films