The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION is an engrossing, fast-paced thriller loosely based on the novel by Nicholas Meyer. In 1890 London, Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson) is a paranoid mess, living in a cocaine-addled stupor. In an attempt to rid Holmes of his cocaine habit, the trusty Dr. Watson (Robert Duvall) leads the famous detective on a fabricated chase that culminates in the office of Dr. Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin). While the much-maligned Dr. Feud attempts to cure Holmes's addiction, the men are drawn into a corrupt criminal web as they attempt to rescue a beautiful and desperate patient of Freud's (Vanessa Redg...
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rave) from a fate worse than death.
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Sherlock Holmes gaat op reis naar Wenen, waar hij Sigmund Freud ontmoet. Freud probeert Holmes zijn onderbewustzijn te onderzoeken, terwijl Holmes zich stort op het mysterie rondom de kidnapping van Lola Deveraux.

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Nicholas Meyer based his screenplay for the "retro" Sherlock Holmes adventure The Seven Percent Solution on his own best-selling novel. As any Baker Street Irregular will tell you, the title refers to the dosage of cocaine taken by Sherlock Holmes (Nicol Williamson). The Great Detective's friend and chronicler Doctor Watson (Robert Duvall), concerned that Holmes' drug dependency is getting out of hand, suggests a cure under the auspices of Viennese psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud (top-billed Alan Arkin). While undergoing treatment, Holmes comes to the realization that his archival Professor Moriarty (Laurence Olivier...
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) is not the Napoleon of Crime, but instead a somewhat pathetic philanderer. Not yet completely cured, Holmes recharges his deductive batteries by undertaking a tricky conspiracy case involving another ex-addict, beautiful actress Lola Devereaux (Vanessa Redgrave). The traditional Holmesian sleuthing and split-second rescues of the film's second half are not as innovative as the Holmes-Freud scenes at the beginning of The Seven Percent Solution, but they provide this largely cerebral effort with a rousing climax. A success with both critics and filmgoers, The Seven Percent Solution opened the floodgates for subsequent TV and movie "reprises" of Conan Doyle's immortal literary figure.
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