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Without a Clue

The flip side of Sherlock Holmes

6.8(272)19881h 47m3

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he has hired to play Holmes becomes insufferable, Watson fires him and tries to go out on his own, but finds that he has done too good a job building Holmes up in the public's mind.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$8.5M
Language
English
  • london, england
  • detective
  • alcoholism
  • victorian england
  • 19th century

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG21 Oct 1988
    • PhysicalPGOrion Home Video #8733 [VHS] 107 minutes1 Jan 1989
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG5 May 1988
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU14 Mar 1989
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical127 Jun 1990
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalPG15 Dec 1988
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical21 Jul 1990

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Without a Clue was released on 5 May 1988.

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    CinemaSerf

    8/7/2025

    7/10

    I’d love to have seen a Rathbone\Bruce example of role reversing! This one sees us with an entirely hopeless “Holmes” (Michael Caine) acclaimed as a sleuth by just about everyone except the true brains of the operation. That’s “Dr. Watson” (Ben Kingsley) who is the long-suffering cerebral power behind the throne. Finally exasperated by the drunken antics of “Holmes”, “Watson” determines to start writing about the “Cr…

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