His Last Bow
by Arthur Conan Doyleliterary work· published 1917
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"His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes", later titled "His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes", is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in The Strand Magazine and collected as the last of an anthology of eight stories titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes the following month. The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration usually provided by the character of Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a detective mystery.
Adaptations (2)
His Last Bow has been adapted 2 times, across film and miniseries, from 1942 to 1987. The most recent is The Twentieth Century Approaches (1987).
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror1942 · film · 65 min · dir. John Rawlins · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi Germany are heard over the BBC. They warn of acts of terror in England, just before they take place. Baffled, the Defense Committee call in Sherlock Holmes.
The Twentieth Century Approaches1987 · miniseries · 85 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.9This film version was released before the premiere of the full two-part television version (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Approaches). In this version the entire plot of the story Bruce-Partington Drawings was deleted.
