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The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton

by Arthur Conan Doyleliterary work· published 1904

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"The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes and was published in 1904.

Adaptations (3)

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton has been adapted 3 times, across film, miniseries, and television film, from 1922 to 2014. The most recent is His Last Vow (2014).

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    Charles Augustus Milverton
    1922 · film · dir. George Ridgwell · IMDb ↗

    Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:

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    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
    1980 · miniseries · 60 min · IMDb ↗
    IMDb8.5

    The second part of the series of television films based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle about Sherlock Holmes. The film consists of three episodes (The King of Blackmail, Mortal Fight and Tiger Hunt), filmed based on the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton", "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House", as well as small episodes from the stories "The Interpreter's Case", "Silver" and "The Retired Drunkard".

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    His Last Vow
    2014 · television film · 89 min · dir. Nick Hurran · IMDb ↗
    IMDb9.2

    Sherlock goes up against Charles Augustus Magnussen, media tycoon and a notorious blackmailer.