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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004)

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The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr. Watson suspects something more and goes to his old friend Holmes, now retired and at very loose ends.

IMDB Rating: 6.7

IMDB Votes: 3000

Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: UK, USA

Duration: 99 min

Plot tags: realistic, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, detective