Question 1

Why did Christopher Lee find the sewer scenes especially unpleasant?

Accepted Answer

When filming sewer scenes, Lee and Leon Askin found the smell 'a bit stiff, even for a sewer' because the location had been used during WWII to make poison gas.

Question 2

What did gypsy extras conclude about Christopher Lee's ancestry?

Accepted Answer

Gypsy extras in Dublin, after observing his physical type and hearing about his father, concluded Lee must have had some gypsy ancestry. Lee welcomed this assumption.

Question 3

Why was Christopher Lee disappointed about the film's audio?

Accepted Answer

Lee was disappointed not to have added his own voice onto the film soundtrack in post-production.

Question 4

How were voices handled in this German-made movie?

Accepted Answer

The movie was shot without live sound; all voices were dubbed in post-production. Christopher Lee and Thorley Walters were not scheduled to dub their own voices for the English version.

Question 5

What detail from the original stories does Holmes's pipe tobacco reference?

Accepted Answer

Holmes takes tobacco for his pipe from his Persian slipper, as mentioned in the original stories 'The Musgrave Ritual', 'The Naval Treaty', and 'The Adventure of the Empty House'.

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