Review – Murder by Decree

Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper are such a natural combination that I’m surprised Hollywood didn’t make the pairing before and hasn't done it since. The thesis is similar to the one used by From Hell two decades later: Saucy Jack was an aristocrat who was never caught because his fellow Masons hushed things up in order to cover for … well, if you haven’t seen either movie yet, I don’t want to spoil it for you. On top of the entertaining story, the cast includes Christopher Plummer (Holmes), James Mason (Watson), Donald Sutherland and John Gielgud. Though obviously I’m a bit older now than I was in 1979 the first time I saw this, I still get a little chill out of some of the spooky, over-cranked, foggy streets of Whitechapel. Worth seeing