''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

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and Watson in old age.

Plot

In the film, Holmes is about to retire to Sussex and keep bees when King Edward ( Joss Ackland) sends him on a mission to

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to retrieve the Star of Africa diamond. Complications arise and Holmes meets several historical people including ex-President

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( Claude Akins), and

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(

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). He also encounters the fictional character

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Cast

* Christopher Lee as Sherlock Holmes * Patrick Macnee as Dr. John Watson *

* Joss Ackland as King Edward *

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as Lord Roberts * Claude Akins as

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as Mrs. Hudson *

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* Alan Coates as Stanley I. Bullard /

References

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