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The Seven-Percent Solution

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The Seven-Percent Solution
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PG,1hr 53min
Genres:
Drama,Action,Comedy
Released:
October 24, 1976
Director:
Herbert Ross
Distributor:
Universal Pictures
Starring:
Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall  ...more
Synopsis: Nicholas Meyer based his screenplay for the "retro" Sherlock Holmes adventure The Seven Percent Solution on his own best-selling novel. As any Baker Street Irregular will tell you, the title refers to the dosage of cocaine taken by Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson). The Great Detective's friend and chronicler Doctor Watson (Robert Duvall), concerned that Holmes' drug dependency is getting out of hand, suggests a cure under the auspices of Viennese psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (top-billed Alan Arkin). ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings, AMG Review
Drugs hook Sherlock Holmes in this 1976 Herbert Ross film that reveals the human side of the super sleuth, and throws in a real-life psychiatric legend for good measure. Under the influence of his "seven percent solution," the cocaine mixture he concocts to ease his mental anguish, Holmes goes a bit bonkers and makes a bloody nuisance of himself. Nicol Williamson brilliantly plays the vulnerable Holmes, ... Full Review
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Alan Arkin
Sigmund Freud
Vanessa Redgrave
Lola Deveraux
Robert Duvall
Dr. Watson
Nicol Williamson
Sherlock Holmes
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