The Royal Scandal

The Royal Scandal

Temptation May Be His Greatest Adversary

2001 · 84 min · ★ 5.9 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of Bohemia's reputation with proof of their illicit affair. The evidence? A photograph. Her ransom? The king's hand in marriage. But not only does investigating detective Sherlock Holmes already know Irene from the past, he also knows that the queen of manipulation would never resort to such a common crime. After uncovering her true ambitions, Holmes draws the cunning songstress into a well-matched game of cat and mouse

Directed by Rodney Gibbons · Written by Joe Wiesenfeld

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Matt Frewer Sherlock Holmes
Kenneth Welsh Dr. Watson
Liliana Komorowska Irene Adler
R.H. Thomson Mycroft Holmes

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