--- title: 'Murder by Decree (1979)' type: 'film' director: 'Bob Clark' released: '1979-02-01' runtime_minutes: 111 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Horror' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'Canada' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/murder-by-decree-1979' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079592/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Murder by Decree (1979) 1979 · PG · 111 min · Horror · United Kingdom, Canada ## Synopsis Murder by Decree is a 1979 mystery thriller film directed by Bob Clark. It features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who are embroiled in the investigation surrounding the real-life 1888 Whitechapel murders committed by Jack the Ripper. Christopher Plummer plays Holmes and James Mason plays Watson. Though it features a similar premise, it is somewhat different in tone and result to A Study in Terror. It is loosely based on The Ripper File by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd. ## Credits - **Director:** [Bob Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-clark) - **Producer:** [Bob Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-clark) - **Screenplay:** [John Hopkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hopkins) - **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Zaza](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-zaza) - **Director of Photography:** [Reginald H. Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-h-morris) ## Cast - [Christopher Plummer](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-plummer) as Sherlock Holmes - [Susan Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-clark) - [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland) - [Anthony Quayle](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quayle) - [Frank Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-finlay) as Inspector Lestrade - [John Gielgud](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gielgud) - [Geneviève Bujold](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-bujold) - [David Hemmings](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-hemmings) - [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason) as Dr. Watson ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/murder-by-decree-1979 Film facts: Wikidata (Q968292); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.