---
title: 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Billy Wilder'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-private-life-of-sherlock-holmes-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066249/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)

1970 · PG-13 · 125 min · Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes is a 1970 DeLuxe Color film in Panavision written and produced by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond, and directed by Wilder. Starring Robert Stephens as Holmes and Colin Blakely as Doctor Watson, the film offers an affectionate, slightly parodic look at Sherlock Holmes, and draws a distinction between the "real" Holmes and the character portrayed by Watson in his stories for The Strand magazine.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder)
- **Screenplay:** [Billy Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-wilder), [I. A. L. Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/i-a-l-diamond)
- **Producer:** [I. A. L. Diamond](https://cinepixo.com/people/i-a-l-diamond)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christopher Challis](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-challis)
- **Editor:** [Ernest Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-walter)

## Cast

- [Colin Blakely](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-blakely) as Dr. Watson
- [Robert Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stephens) as Sherlock Holmes
- [Stanley Holloway](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-holloway)
- [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee) as Mycroft Holmes
- [Clive Revill](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-revill)
- [Catherine Lacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/catherine-lacey)
- [Tamara Toumanova](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamara-toumanova)
- [Peter Madden](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-madden)
- [Geneviève Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/genevieve-page)
- [Kynaston Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/kynaston-reeves)

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