| Incident at Victoria Falls | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Adventure Crime Drama |
| Based on | Characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Directed by | Bill Corcoran |
| Starring | Christopher Lee Patrick Macnee Jenny Seagrove Joss Ackland Richard Todd |
| Composer | Eric Allaman |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Frank Agrama Riccardo Coccia Daniele Lorenzano Mirjana Mijojlic Alessandro Tasca Harry Alan Towers |
| Cinematography | Rod Stewart |
| Editors | Jane Morrison Corinne Villa |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production companies | Harmony Gold Finance Luxembourg S.A. (as Harmony Gold), Banquet et Caisse D'Epargne de l'etat, Banque Paribas Luxembourg, Silvio Berlusconi Communications (in association with) |
| Release | |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 12 January 1992 |
Incident at Victoria Falls (also known as Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls and Sherlock Holmes: The Star of Africa) is the 1992 sequel to Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady, and the second and final film in the proposed series of television films Sherlock Holmes the Golden Years written by Bob Shayne. It starred Christopher Lee and Patrick Macnee as Holmes and Watson in old age.
In the film, Holmes is about to retire to Sussex and keep bees when King Edward (Joss Ackland) sends him on a mission to South Africa to retrieve the Star of Africa diamond.[1] Complications arise and Holmes meets several historical people including ex-President Theodore Roosevelt (Claude Akins),[2] and Lillie Langtry (Jenny Seagrove).[3] He also encounters the fictional character A. J. Raffles.[4]