The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Mycroft Holmes after George Sanders' failing health removed him from the role. Elaborate sets were built on the backlot at Pinewood Studios including 150 yards of the Baker Street set at a cost of £80,000. The reproduction of the Diogenes Club stood until 1973 having been used in other films such as "Hands of the Ripper" and "Carry On at Your Convenience". The sets were designed by art director Alexandre Trauner. The scenes in Scotland were filmed on location at Urquhart Castle on the banks of Loch Ness. The film originally contained another two separate stories, and a further flashback
Sherlock Holmes pastiches Holmes and Professor Moriarty. The film was produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Chris Columbus; the novelization was written by Alan Arnold. In both "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1987 TV movie) and "Sherlock Holmes Returns" (1993 TV movie) a cryogenically frozen Holmes is awakened in the present day. "Hands of a Murderer" (1990 TV movie) sees Edward Woodward playing Holmes and John Hillerman (of Magnum, P.I. fame) as Watson, in a plot involving Mycroft (Peter Jeffrey) and Moriarty (Anthony Andrews) battling for control of government secrets. "" (2002 TV movie) has James D'Arcy as a youthful, bed-hopping Holmes,