Three early films (1932-37) starring the first great Holmes of the sound era, Arthur Wontner.

This version of Holmes came out of Hitler's Germany in 1937.

I actually prefer this second, lesser known Fox/Rathbone film to the more famous Hound.

Most consider The Scarlet Claw the best of the Rathbone/Universal series.

Horror studio Hammer takes on Holmes. Cushing is terrific in this very good adaptation of the classic story (the first in color).

Christopher Lee first played Sherlock Holmes in this disappointing 1962 German film (Lee's voice is dubbed). This DVD also includes The Speckled Band with Raymond Massey from 1931.

Peter Cushing returned as Holmes for British Television in 1968. Here collected are the 5 surviving episodes, including another Hound. Is he the only actor to have played Holmes in two different versions?

A crazy man thinks he's Sherlock Holmes. Is he? Good '70s movie.

An adaptation of the bestselling book by Nicolas Meyer. A fascinating approach to a Holmes story. Too bad this DVD isn't letterboxed.

The first stab at Young Sherlock was this pretty good Granada TV series.

Heston as Holmes? Forget it.

The second Brett series is just as good as the first.

Brett returns, but the series is slipping.

The Brett features are not as good as his series work.

Christopher Lee picks up the "Old Sherlock" series.

A very good new adaptation of The Hound with a stellar Watson.

Matt Frewer slips on the deerstalker for Canadian TV.

The third and final Frewer is an original story.

A decent re-imagining of the Holmes origin story.

Producer Joel Silver brings Holmes back to the big screen. This big budget 2009 release stars Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as Watson and is directed by Guy Ritchie.