The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1976-10-24
Duration:113 min
Director:Herbert Ross
Actors:Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson, Laurence Olivier
Production:Herbert Ross Productions, Universal Pictures, Alex Winitsky / Arlene Sellers Productions

Overview:

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

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