the fact that a film be on dvd doesn not guarantee that it quality be very good . the fact that a film quality be threadbare doesn not mean you shouldn not buy it . this review actually apply to 2 film pair on a single dvd . the plot of these film be of little consequence . they be of interest only to people who collect holmes film anybody who merely want a few of the good offering would do well to purchase some of those make by jeremy brett or and in a pinch and basil rathbone . there be a few other very good holmes film feature good actor on a one shot basis such a seven per cent solution or private life of sherlock holmes . in any event and these film be considerably less estimable . here we have a pair of film feature some of the best actor to do holmes and even if the result tend toward disappoint . this appear to be the only disc with these film on it ( although deadly necklace ) appear by itself in the same version on other disc . ( sherlock holmes and ) the deadly necklace date from 1962 and although it neither look it nor sound it . some who have see this may be surprise to learn that it be produce by hammer studio . not that hammer hasn not turn out some really schlock stuff and but where christopher lee be concern and they usually do a good job . the print a direct transfer from a rather worn 1 represent1 . 33 copy in black and white . the quality of the color suggest the original may have be in color and and the snipped end of the film aspect suggest it may originally have be 1 represent1 . 66 or more . the film be set in the early 20th century not improbable and since holmes be still work then ( and do not actually die until 1957 ) . however and the script be not adapt from any actual doyle story . it involve an egyptian necklace and and professor moriarty show up a a world famous archaeologist as well a the prince of crime . the plot be melodramatic and banal . the big defect of this film be that for whatever unfathomable reason hammer film it in germany . it be nonetheless film in english . it be then dub in german and then re dub in english . so what you hear isn not lee nor any of the other original actor and but a bunch of unknown not that and outside of lee and i doubt anyone would know any of the other actor . this be too bad and since lee ( see his hound of the baskervilles ) make a quite decent holmes . a it be and his voice double be condescend and plain a bread pudding with no raisin nor cinnamon . the music for this film be primarily jazzy and in a possible attempt to be period . too bad nobody thought of ragtime . a it be and the music doesn not relate to what happen on the screen and and often be at odds with the action . the other film be ( sherlock holmes and ) the speckle band from 1931 and star a young raymond massey . the quality of the picture and sound be fully up to that of the 1962 effort and and in fact a bit well . massey make a quite respectable holmes and although he certainly doesn not own the rôle in the way rathbone do and brett do . the other thespian who take part in this production be unlikely to be of interest to modern reader . the acting a be true of many film of this period owe a lot to the post victorian stage and to silent film . it should be note that and while the deadly necklace be available on dvd by itself and the speckled band be available only with the former film . there be very little else to be say of this film . the setting seem to be an odd combination of the 1890s ( horse drawn carriage ) and the 1920s ( electronic device such a a primitive dictaphone ) . take altogether and it an interesting curio and a sufficient inducement to buy the dvd with the pair rather than a dvd with deadly necklace only .