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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, April 3, 1993                   TAG: 9304030018
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: C7   EDITION: METRO 
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THE ESSENTIALS

THE ESSENTIALS: (The Rathbone-Bruce Sherlock Holmes films are available from CBS/Fox. All are unrated, closed captioned and contain no objectionable material, with the possible exception of the last line of "Hound of the Baskervilles" when Holmes requests his cocaine. Though I haven't seen all the films recently, the ones mentioned in the column deserve at least three stars. All are recommended.)

\ The Hound of the Baskervilles: 80 min.

\ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: 82 min.

\ Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror: 65 min.

\ Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon: 68 min.

\ Sherlock Holmes in Washington: 71 min.

\ Sherlock Holmes Faces Death: 68 min.

\ Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman: 63 min.

\ The Pearl of Death: 69 min.

\ The Scarlet Claw: 74 min.

\ The House of Fear: 69 min.

\ Pursuit to Algiers: 61 min.

\ The Woman in Green: 68 min.

\ Terror by Night: 60 min.

\ Dressed to Kill: 72 min.

The others:

\ Murder by Decree: Sultan Entertainment. 120 min. PG.

\ The Seven Percent Solution: MCA/Universal. 113 min. PG.

\ They Might Be Giants: MCA/Universal. 98 min. G.

\ Young Sherlock Holmes: Paramount. 109 min. PG-13.

\ The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes: CBS/Fox. 125 min. PG.

\ Hound of the Baskervilles: MPI. 120 min. Unrated.

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