#WATCHWITHCUSHING! IT'S GREAT TO SEE the sharing of #PeterCushing's #SherlockHolmes episodes have been so popular in our PCASUK 'Watch With Cushing Parties' 😊Those you messaging and requesting other episodes from the series, just need to dip into our post from the last three weeks. You will find them there😉 Meanwhile, here we have 'The Sign Of Four' my personal favourite from this Cushing BBC television series, though many see this episode as the weakest!?
OF THE SIX #surviving
episodes, from the BBC's 'trashing and wiping tapes fiasco' The Sign
of Four' I certainly find it more entertaining and interesting... Peter
complained there was too little time for preparation, and some consider
the direction of William Sterling, to be without map or steering device!
I find these pressures to have enhanced the experience in my viewing.
Cushing has to think, react and perform much more quickly. Recorded
live, I am sure everyone was flying by the seat of their pants.. .
NIGEL STOCK AGAIN proves to be a solid and dependable Watson and
Cushing's Sherlock at times, leaves his tired and tested performance...
all interesting stuff. Supporting actor honours go to John Stratton,
another familiar face in the Cushing universe (he would go on to play
the comically blustering asylum director in #Hammerfilms
/ Cushing's 'Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell', 1972), who gives
a good account of himself as the clueless and supercilious Inspector
Jones. Howard Goorney, a busy character actor whose credits include
'The Evil of Frankenstein' (1964), '#BloodonSatan’sClaw'
(1970) and 'The Offence' (1972), also shows up in a small role. I hope
this entertains, that you and yours are safe. Take care of yourself and
each other, my friends
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