Young Sherlock Holmes

1985 film by Barry Levinson
Movie film Q636906
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Summary

Young Sherlock Holmes is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,208 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Barry Levinson[3]
  • Screenwriter: Chris Columbus[4]
  • Composer: Bruce Broughton[5]
  • Genre: teen film[6], mystery film[7], Christmas film[8]
  • Based on: canon of Sherlock Holmes[9]
  • Cast member: Nicholas Rowe[10], Alan Cox[11], Anthony Higgins[12], Sophie Ward[13], Roger Ashton-Griffiths[14], Freddie Jones[15], Nigel Stock[16], Brian Oulton[17], Susan Fleetwood[18], Patrick Newell[19], Vivienne Chandler[20], Walter Sparrow[21], Nadim Sawalha[22], Michael Hordern[23]
  • Producer: Mark Johnson[24], Henry Winkler[25]
  • Production company: Amblin Entertainment[26]
  • Director of photography: Stephen Goldblatt[27]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[28]
  • Review score: 5.6/10[29], 65/100[30], 68%[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: United States[33], United Kingdom[34]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1985[35], May 15, 1986[36]
  • Characters: Sherlock Holmes[37]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[38]
  • Narrative location: London[39]
  • Film editor: Stu Linder[40]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Visual Effects[41]
  • Title: Young Sherlock Holmes[42]
  • Different from: Young Sherlock[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
  • Duration: 104 minutes[45], 108 minutes[46]
  • Capital cost: 18,000,000 US dollars[47]
  • Box office: 19,700,000 US dollars[48]

Why It Matters

Young Sherlock Holmes has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . stopklatka.pl. Retrieved . stopklatka.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'gl', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', '
    Ampas collections film id → W063731
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 14275
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Norman Reynolds
    Publication date → +1985-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1986-05-15T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Chris Columbus
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+104'}, {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+108'}
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