The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (film)

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
	Film poster by Drew Struzan
Directed by	Herbert Ross
Screenplay by	Nicholas Meyer
Based on	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution; by Nicholas Meyer (novel); Arthur Conan Doyle (characters);
Produced by	Stanley O'Toole; Herbert Ross; Arlene Sellers; Alex Winitsky;
Starring	Alan Arkin; Vanessa Redgrave; Robert Duvall; Nicol Williamson; Laurence Olivier; Joel Grey; Samantha Eggar; Charles Gray; Georgia Brown; Régine Zylberberg; Jeremy Kemp;
Cinematography	Oswald Morris
Edited by	Chris Barnes
Music by	John Addison
Production; companies	Alex Winitsky/Arlene Sellers Productions; Herbert Ross Productions;
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	24 October 1976;
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States;
Language	English
Budget	$5 million

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution is a 1976 mystery film directed by Herbert Ross and written by Nicholas Meyer. Based on Meyer's 1974 novel of the same name, it stars Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, and Nicol Williamson.

In the film, Sherlock Holmes is apparently a delusional cocaine addict. He harasses the renowned mathematician Professor James Moriarty for no apparent reason. Dr. Watson and Mycroft Holmes arrange for Sherlock to receive treatment by Sigmund Freud, and Freud uncovers one of Sherlock's secrets.