A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer's wife.
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- TriviaHolmes finds a picture of a South American landscape on a mantlepiece and says "See those unscalable cliffs which time and the foot of man have never touched, where monsters from the dawn of history might still roam". This is a reference to The Lost World, Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle's 1912 adventure novel, set in an unexplored plateau hidden in the Amazon jungle where dinosaurs still live.
- GoofsThe weapon(s) used in the crime are brass-framed copies of Colt's Single Action Army Revolver, aka the Peacemaker. Colt never made them with brass frames, showing them to be latter-day (i.e., 1950s or later) replicas, probably Italian-made.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Dr. Watson: You have helped a remarkable woman, Holmes. And a formidable man.
Sherlock Holmes: And if, as seems not unlikely, they should join forces?
Dr. Watson: Naturally I would wish them well.
Sherlock Holmes: Hmph. Magnanimous of you, Watson.
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The Problem of Thor Bridge
Neil Gibson (Daniel Massey) is an American tycoon who made his fortune in Brazil.
He asks Holmes to investigate the murder of his estranged Brazilian wife Maria. The accused is his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, a woman Gibson has fallen in love with.
Holmes dislikes the volatile Gibson. However he does want to help Miss Dunbar. The marriage to Maria was an unhappy one for him. Gibson had simply ceased to lover her and he treated her badly. Maria always loved him passionately and still hoped to be reconciled.
There is some intense hostility between Brett and Massey. It could be good acting or the fact that Brett was once married to Massey's sister.
What makes this mystery a good one is the solution. A variation of this has been repeated since in other books and crime adaptations. The viewer is left with a small band of suspects with the cruel Gibson being the likely murderer if it is not Muss Dunbar.
Yet Miss Dunbar describes Gibson as someone who has shown kindness and has done good things. Eventually Holmes deduces that their can only be one person responsible for Maria's death.
He asks Holmes to investigate the murder of his estranged Brazilian wife Maria. The accused is his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, a woman Gibson has fallen in love with.
Holmes dislikes the volatile Gibson. However he does want to help Miss Dunbar. The marriage to Maria was an unhappy one for him. Gibson had simply ceased to lover her and he treated her badly. Maria always loved him passionately and still hoped to be reconciled.
There is some intense hostility between Brett and Massey. It could be good acting or the fact that Brett was once married to Massey's sister.
What makes this mystery a good one is the solution. A variation of this has been repeated since in other books and crime adaptations. The viewer is left with a small band of suspects with the cruel Gibson being the likely murderer if it is not Muss Dunbar.
Yet Miss Dunbar describes Gibson as someone who has shown kindness and has done good things. Eventually Holmes deduces that their can only be one person responsible for Maria's death.
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- Dec 14, 2019
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- Capesthorne Hall, Siddington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK(Thor Bridge and Thor Place, the Hampshire estate of Senator Neil Gibson)
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