History Film / TheAdventureOfSherlockHolmesSmarterBrother

Many fans will recall that Franchise/SherlockHolmes did in fact have an older brother, Mycroft, who by all accounts was indeed smarter than Sherlock, yet [[BrilliantButLazy too lazy]] to accomplish what Sherlock had. This film follows his ''younger'' brother Sigerson's DayInTheLimelight.

* TheNapoleon: A strange inversion. Moriarty is a good six feet tall, yet still stands on an elevated platform to make himself appear taller than his henchmen (as well as having them crouch down when he talks to them).

* GenreSavvy: Gambetti doesn't hand the Redcliff Document over to Moriarty right away, because he knows that once he does, Moriarty will decide that [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he has outlived his usefulness]], and send some goons over to beat him, and take his money back. As he is saying this, Moriarty is preparing to smash a vase over his head.
* GroinAttack: Multiple examples.

* WhipItGood: Moriarty's henchmen and Sigerson duel with whips atop moving carriages.

** Roy Kinnear is cast as an abused and browbeaten villain who Creator/GeneWilder constantly outwits, similar to his role in ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory''.

** Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are both played by actors who had played the roles in other productions; Douglas Wilmer had played Sherlock in the first series of Creator/TheBBC's ''Sherlock Holmes'' from 1964-65 (with Nigel Stock as Watson), while Thorley Walters had played Watson in the 1962 film ''Film/{{Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace}}'' (with Creator/ChristopherLee as Sherlock).

* YouHaveFailedMe: Moriarty feeds one of his {{Mooks}} to a tiger for failing to tail Holmes and Sacker (and because he needs to do something evil every 24 minutes).

* WholeCostumeReference: Sigerson regularly wears a velvet costume with a cape and hat, almost identical to one worn by a young Oscar Wilde.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Moriarty feeds one of his {{Mooks}} to a tiger for failing to tail Holmes & Sacker (and because he needs to do something evil every 24 minutes).

Jenny Hill (Creator/MadelineKahn), an opera singer and bride-to-be of the new Minister of Defense, is blackmailed into stealing the [[MacGuffin "Redcliff Document"]], which details Great Britain's defense plans. The blackmailer (Creator/{{Dom DeLuise}}) intends to sell the document to Professor Moriarty (Creator/LeoMcKern), who in-turn plans on selling the document to the highest bidder. Since Holmes and Watson are on holiday, Sgt. Orville Sacker (Creator/MartyFeldman) of Scotland Yard seeks out the services of Sherlock's younger brother, Sigerson, also a detective. Sigerson (Wilder) is insanely jealous of his older brother's success, and yearns for the day to prove his own self-proclaimed superior intellect.

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Many fans will recall that Franchise/SherlockHolmes did in fact have an older brother, Mycroft, who was by all accounts indeed smarter than Sherlock, yet [[BrilliantButLazy too lazy]] to accomplish what Sherlock had. This film follows his ''younger'' brother Sigerson's DayInTheLimelight.

Jenny Hill (Creator/MadelineKahn), an opera singer and bride-to-be of the new Minister of Defense, is blackmailed into stealing the [[MacGuffin "Redcliff Document"]], which details Great Britain's defense plans. The blackmailer (Creator/{{Dom DeLuise}}) intends to sell the document to Professor Moriarty (Leo [=McKern=]), who in-turn plans on selling the document to the highest bidder. Since Holmes and Watson are on holiday, Sgt. Orville Sacker (Creator/MartyFeldman) of Scotland Yard seeks out the services of Sherlock's younger brother, Sigerson, also a detective. Sigerson (Wilder) is insanely jealous of his older brother's success, and yearns for the day to prove his own self-proclaimed superior intellect.

** Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are both played by actors who had played the roles in other productions; Douglas Wilmer had played Sherlock in the first series of Creator/TheBBC's ''Sherlock Holmes'' from 1964-65 (with Nigel Stock as Watson), while Thorley Walters had played Watson in the 1962 film ''Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace'' (with Creator/ChristopherLee as Sherlock).

** Albert Finney as an opera patron who criticizes Gambetti's performance.

* BrickJoke: "[[EarWorm The Kangaroo Hop]]".

* AmbiguouslyGay: Gambetti

* CloudCuckooLander: Gambetti.
** Everyone, with the exception of Lord Redcliffe and maybe Watson.

* CurtainCamouflage

* TheNapoleon: A strange inversion. Moriarty is a good six feet tall, yet still stands on an elevated platform to make himself appear taller than his henchmen (other than just having them crouch down when he talks to them).

* WhipItGood: When Moriarty's henchman fight Sigerson atop the carriages.

Jenny Hill (Creator/MadelineKahn), an opera singer and bride-to-be of the new Minister of Defense, is blackmailed into stealing the [[MacGuffin "Redcliff Document"]], which details Great Britain's defense plans. The blackmailer (Creator/DomDeLuise) intends to sell the document to Professor Moriarty (Leo [=McKern=]), who in-turn plans on selling the document to the highest bidder. Since Holmes and Watson are on holiday, Sgt. Orville Sacker (Creator/MartyFeldman) of Scotland Yard seeks out the services of Sherlock's younger brother, Sigerson, also a detective. Sigerson (Wilder) is insanely jealous of his older brother's success, and yearns for the day to prove his own self-proclaimed superior intellect.

Jenny Hill (Madeline Kahn), an opera singer and bride-to-be of the new Minister of Defense, is blackmailed into stealing the [[MacGuffin "Redcliff Document"]], which details Great Britain's defense plans. The blackmailer (Creator/DomDeLuise) intends to sell the document to Professor Moriarty (Leo [=McKern=]), who in-turn plans on selling the document to the highest bidder. Since Holmes & Watson are on holiday, Sgt. Orville Sacker (Marty Feldman) of Scotland Yard seeks out the services of Sherlock's younger brother, Sigerson, also a detective. Sigerson (Wilder) is insanely jealous of his older brother's success, and yearns for the day to prove his own self-proclaimed superior intellect.

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''The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother'' is a 1975 comedy film and the directorial debut of Creator/GeneWilder, who also wrote the screenplay and stars in the title role.