An earlier (very noir) adaptation of Cornell Woolrich's "The Bride Wore Black"
Adaptation of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, where Watson
is not portraited as a bumbler.
This could give more ideas:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_fiction
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I planing Republic Television doing The adventure of Sherlock Holmes series.
Taking the place of the one from OTL
Still film in France.
two season of 26 episode John Dickson Carr and Adrian Conan Doyle as the script advisers.
Peter Cushing as Holmes
Andre Morell as Waston
all original stories
one two parter during season two is the Classic Mystery Rim of the Pit by Hake Talbot rewriting as a Holmes story.
Republic will also do Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Boris Karloff will remain the star
Carr will also be involved in the scripts
He will adapts some of his novel for the show including Three coffins.
He also adapt some Clayton Rawson story for the show as well as Joesph Cumming's X street Murder and Edmond Crispin Moving Toyshop as a two parter.
Film in england two season also.
While in england Karloff will play Professor Quatermass in the Hammer studio movies 'The Creeping unknown" and "Enemy From Space"
One of the Movie that RKO will do is the Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle. I have not decided who starting.
Have not decided which Woolrich will be done. I like Woolrich so there will be some.