The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)

Actors

• Kenneth Benda (actor)
• John Brennan (actor)
• Mel Brooks (actor)
• Michael Crane (actor)
• Dom DeLuise (actor)
• Marty Feldman (actor)
• Albert Finney (actor)
• Tommy Godfrey (actor)
• John Hollis (actor)
• Roy Kinnear (actor)
• John Le Mesurier (actor)
• Leo McKern (actor)
• Aubrey Morris (actor)
• Wolfe Morris (actor)
• Joseph Behrmannis (actor)

Genres

• Comedy
• Crime
• Musical
• Mystery

Quotes:

Orville: Are you Mister S., for Sigerson, Holmes?::Sigerson Holmes: Perhaps.::Orville: Do you have a brother whose first name is Sherlock?::Sigerson Holmes: I do not.::Orville: You do have a brother?::Sigerson Holmes: I do.::Orville: Might I inquire as to his first name?::Sigerson Holmes: "Sheer luck."

Sigerson Holmes: The clue obviously lies in the word "cheddar." Let's see now. Seven letters. Rearranged, they come to, let me see: "Rachedd." "Dechdar." "Drechad." "Chaderd" - hello, chaderd! Unless I'm very much mistaken, chaderd is the Egyptian word meaning "to eat fat." Now we're getting somewhere!

Sigerson Holmes: You call this tea?::Orville: No, I call that hot water.

Jenny Hill: My name is Jenny Hill, and I'm simultaneously funny and sad.

Jenny Hill: How do you do? My name is Bessie Bellwood.::Sigerson Holmes: LIAR!::Jenny Hill: Oh! You don't fool around, do you? How do you know that I'm not Bessie Bellwood?::Sigerson Holmes: [singing] There's no harm in taking a kiss/It's never missed...::Jenny Hill: [singing next line] If I'd known that love was like this, should I have kissed?::Sigerson Holmes: [singing] Love's a game if you are clever/Play your cards and go...::Jenny Hill: [singing next line] Love with me will last forever/That is all I know - chorus! - But you don't love as I love...::Sigerson Holmes: All right, all right, enough!::[singing]::Sigerson Holmes: Piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy poo/Cried the farmer's daughter, Phyllis...::Jenny Hill: [hesitant singing] Piggy, piggy, piggy, piggy, pig - Well, I don't think I know that one.::Sigerson Holmes: Pity! Next time you decide to impersonate a music hall singer who's been dead for the past twelve years, I suggest you learn her full repertoire! Won't you come in, MISS LIAR?

Gambetti's Opera Troupe: [rushed, panicked singing] The chicken was in peril/The princess was delicious...

Jenny Hill: [fearfully wailing a song] Away, away, away, away, away, away, away...::Sigerson Holmes: What are you doing?::Jenny Hill: Whenever I'm petrified, I either cry or sing. [continues]::Orville: London streets and places of all interest! Abby Road! Abby Street! Abigail Gardens! Abbington Road! Adelphi Terrace! Adelphi Theatre!...

Sigerson Holmes: "Eduardo Gambetti"? The name strikes a bell. Ever heard of him, Sacker?::Orville: [slaps head; low voice] "Oh, not Gambetti again!" [high voice] "'Fraid so, sir." [low] "Fat little fart, fancies himself as an opera singer." [high] "That's him, sir." [low] "Pour us some tea, will you, Sacker?" [normal voice] Yes, sir. [low] "How does he do it, Greerson?" [high] "Pays the highest prices for spicy letters, sir. Everything on the market goes to Gambetti." [low] "Oh, the swine." [high] "Swine he may be, sir, but he certainly is the cleverest of all the blackmailers." [smiles]::Jenny Hill: I'm not sure... What just happened?::Sigerson Holmes: Never mind. I'll explain it to you later.

Sigerson Holmes: Jenny! [singing] Have you seen the latest dance that's come along?/Jenny, go and put your Sunday hat and jacket on/There's going to be some jollicky, come with me, happy-py, fill your heart with ecstasy/Jenny/::Jenny Hill: It's the greatest thing creation's ever known/::Sigerson Holmes: Take a little tip from me/Hold tight/::Jenny Hill: I'm all right/::Sigerson Holmes: When you do the/::Jenny Hill: H/::Sigerson Holmes: O/::Jenny Hill: P/::Orville: Come... on... and/::Sigerson Holmes, Jenny Hill, Orville: Hop/Hop/Come and do the kangaroo hop/Hop/That's the dance for me and you/If you're over 80, you can waltz a little while/But hopping about the parlor is the very latest style/Come on and hop/Hop/Hear the music goin' pop/You'll never, never want to stop/There's no other kind of dance at all/So come along, my honey, make the others look small/Come and do the kangaroo/If you know what's good for you/Come and do the kangaroo hop...

Moriarty: [Gambetti's just caught him trying to break a vase over his head] You've got a lovely vase.::Eduardo Gambetti, Blackmailer: And *you* got a lovely face!