The Commitments (film) Strong secured the role of Deco Cuffe, the lead singer of The Commitments. Robert Arkins was initially considered for the role of Deco before he was ultimately cast as Jimmy Rabbitte. Although his character does not have a singing part in the film, Arkins performs the song "Treat Her Right" during the opening credits. For the role of Joey "the Lips" Fagan, the eldest member of the band, Parker and La Frenais wanted veteran musician Van Morrison. Although his meeting with Parker did not go well, Morrison offered his songs for use in the film. Rory Gallagher was also considered
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes Adrian Conan Doyle, with his father's biographer, John Dickson Carr, to publish twelve new exploits of Sherlock Holmes and Watson (of which one appeared in "Life" magazine and the other eleven stories were published in "Collier's" magazine) based on cases that had been referred to in passing in the four canonical novels and fifty-six original short stories of Sherlock Holmes but which had never been written up by Watson (see the below mentioned postscripts found at the end of each of the twelve new exploits). The stories contained in the collection are: The collaboration was not smooth, as Douglas G.