Episode 625: Murder by Decree (1979)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 170 minutes

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Summary

We conclude our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.

We wrap up with 1979’s Murder by Decree. Directed by Bob Clark, the film is a mix of British and Canadian actors including Christopher Plummer as Sherlock Holmes and James Mason as Doctor Watson. The fictional pair are put on the path of the very real Jack the Ripper, one of Britain’s most famous serial killers.

Aaron Peterson and David MacGregor join Mike to discuss the film while S. Brent Morris (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Freemasonry) talks about Masons and Susan Clark dishes about her illustrious career.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Something's Something stalks the streets, something possessed of animal cunning and fury.
0:46.3	I understand you know something of the Whitechapel matters.
0:49.3	I have seen the man who are one is Jack the Ripper.
0:53.3	Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson plunge into the Victorian underworld,
0:57.9	seeking the answers to the most puzzling case in the annals of crime.
1:02.1	Who is Jack the Ripper?
1:14.6	Why does he let them keep you? I don't know!
1:15.6	A story that at last reveals the identity of history's most elusive murderer.
1:21.6	A stunning cast, wrapped together with an astonishing story.
1:28.2	One of the great screen entertainments in the classic tradition.
1:35.0	Murder by decree.
1:42.0	Welcome to the projection booth.
1:43.5	I'm your host by Boy. Join me once again is Mr. Aaron Peterson.
1:47.2	Hello. Also back in the booth is Mr. David McGregor. And once again, it's a delight to be here.
1:53.5	We conclude our month of discussions around the 1970s interpretations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's consulting detective Sherlock Holmes.
2:03.0	We wrap up with 1979's Murder by Decree.
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