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The Royal Scandal

Temptation May Be His Greatest Adversary

5.9(11)20011h 24m1

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of Bohemia's reputation with proof of their illicit affair. The evidence? A photograph. Her ransom? The king's hand in marriage. But not only does investigating detective Sherlock Holmes already know Irene from the past, he also knows that the queen of manipulation would never resort to such a common crime. After uncovering her true ambitions, Holmes draws the cunning songstress into a well-matched game of cat and mouse

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Language
English
Part of Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) Collection · 4 films

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Canada, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical19 Oct 2001
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG6 Jan 2002
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical20 Feb 2005

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The Royal Scandal was released on 19 October 2001.

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    CinemaSerf

    12/25/2022

    5/10

    This starts off with a clunky disclaimer claiming the film is based on characters from the public domain and so isn't approved by the estate of creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That's rather off-putting but it is still just about worth persevering with the rest of it. Matt Frewer dons the deerstalker and together with Kenneth Welsh as "Dr. Watson" they are drawn into a scandal that threatens the reputation of the King…

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