The Crucifer of Blood (film)
| The Crucifer of Blood | |
|---|---|
| Based on | The Crucifer of Blood by Paul Giovanni Sherlock Holmes characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Screenplay by | Paul Giovanni Fraser C. Heston |
| Directed by | Fraser Clarke Heston (as Fraser C. Heston) |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Richard Johnson Edward Fox Simon Callow |
| Music by | Carl Davis |
| Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Fraser C. Heston |
| Cinematography | Robin Vidgeon |
| Editor | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Production companies | Turner Pictures British Lion Agamemnon Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | November 14, 1991 |
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The Crucifer of Blood is a 1991 TV movie based on the play of the same name by Paul Giovanni, who wrote the screenplay along with Fraser C. Heston, who directed the picture. The play and film are an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four.
Charlton Heston, the father of Fraser Heston, plays Sherlock Holmes, a role he first played in a Los Angeles production of Giovanni's play. Richard Johnson co-stars as Dr. Watson and Simon Callow plays Inspector Lestrade.
The film was made in England by British Lion and Turner Films for cable television, and was first broadcast on TNT on November 14, 1991.