Summary
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
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Not for laughs.
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Cast
15 of 15
Jeremy BrettSherlock Holmes
Edward HardwickeDr. John Watson
Jenny SeagroveMary Morstan
Ronald LaceyThaddeus und Bartholomew Sholto
John ThawJonathan Small
Emrys JamesInspector Athelney Jones
Alf JointMcMurdo
Kiran ShahTonga
Rosalie WilliamsMrs. Hudson
Robin HunterMajor Sholto
William AshJack Smith
Derek DeadmanWilliams
Lila KayeMrs Mordecai Smith
Badi UzzamanKartar Singh
Renu SetnaAchmet
Crew
- Directed by
- Peter Hammond
- Written by
- Arthur Conan Doyle, John Hawkesworth
- Produced by
- Bill Leather, Carolyn Bartlett, Lynne Marriott
- Music by
- Patrick Gowers
Everyone
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Facts
March 7, 1987 · 1 h 43 min · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Released
- March 7, 1987
- Runtime
- 1 h 43 min
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 6 countries
- Keywords
- based on novel or book
Q&A
3 questions, like "Where can I stream The Sign of Four?"
Questions about The Sign of Four
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Is The Sign of Four worth watching?
65
GoodGoodWatch scoreMostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 65 (IMDb 7.8).
Is there a sequel to The Sign of Four?
- The Sign of Four (1987)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
- The Master Blackmailer (1992)
- The Eligible Bachelor (1993)
- The Last Vampyre (1993)
Yes: it's movie 1 of 5 in its series, followed by The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988).

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