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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.
| The Crucifer of Blood | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Fraser Clarke Heston (as Fraser C. Heston) |
| Screenplay by | Paul Giovanni Fraser C. Heston |
| Based on | The Crucifer of Blood by Paul Giovanni Sherlock Holmes characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Produced by | Fraser C. Heston |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Richard Johnson Edward Fox Simon Callow |
| Cinematography | Robin Vidgeon |
| Edited by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Music by | Carl Davis |
Production companies | |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Countries | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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 Cowell 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.
