- 中文名: 午夜谋杀
- 主演: Christopher Plummer
- 集数: 1
- 开始: 1979年2月1日
- 国家/地区: 英国、加拿大
- 语言: 英语
- 每集长: 124 minutes
Murder by Decree is a 1979 mystery thriller film directed by Bob Clark. It features the Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who are embroiled in the investigation surrounding the real-life 1888 Whitechapel murders committed by "Jack the Ripper". Christopher Plummer plays Holmes and James Mason plays Watson. Though it features a similar premise, it is somewhat different in tone and result to A Study in Terror. It is loosely based on The Ripper File by Elwyn Jones and John Lloyd.
The film's premise of the plot behind the murders is influenced by the book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1976), by Stephen Knight, who theorized that the killings were part of a Masonic plot. The original script contained the names of the historical suspects, Sir William Gull and John Netley. In the actual film, they are represented by fictional analogues: Thomas Spivy (Gull) and William Slade (Netley). This plot device was later used in other Jack the Ripper-themed fiction, including the graphic novel From Hell.
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The film's premise of the plot behind the murders is influenced by the book Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (1976), by Stephen Knight, who theorized that the killings were part of a Masonic plot. The original script contained the names of the historical suspects, Sir William Gull and John Netley. In the actual film, they are represented by fictional analogues: Thomas Spivy (Gull) and William Slade (Netley). This plot device was later used in other Jack the Ripper-themed fiction, including the graphic novel From Hell.
這部電影的主角應該叫菲利普馬洛之類的名字，總之這故事和福爾摩斯真是偏離了十萬八千裡，和華生的互動算是為數不多的福要素吧…可這片完全是硬漢派，論開膛手題材也許不如完全傾向娛樂性的恐怖研究，畢竟這裡莫名引入了共濟會和英國皇室、靈媒。主演的表演似乎無可挑剔，但鑑於這充滿陰謀論的劇情根本不是一個福爾摩斯故事，他演的也並不太像福爾摩斯。