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Holmes

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Mark Enders
Jun 23, 2024
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This exploration of movie series detectives began with a mention of the best known and most loved of detectives, Sherlock Holmes, and that’s also a good place to finish. Holmes was the first detective to appear in ‘cinemas’ back in 1900, though not on celluloid and not on a big screen.

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