抗日战争中期，山西汾阳。共产党员蒋三（葛振邦 饰）回故乡唐兴庄，发动群众，组织贫农团，传播党的抗战主张。蒋三的哥哥蒋二则当了汉奸，投靠了日寇吉田（许诚 饰），蒋母（丁惟敏 饰）对此十分痛恨。一天，蒋三在村里组织堡垒户开会，蒋二带人来抓捕，不料扑了空，蒋二逼母亲说出蒋三的去向，遭母痛斥，他又抓了蒋三的妻子刘玉梅，审讯吊打，刘玉梅守口如瓶。蒋二使出引蛇出洞诡计，释放了母亲和刘玉梅。据点里内线送出情报，蒋三识破了蒋二的阴谋，他引诱蒋二带人包围唐兴庄，自己则率游击队攻打兵力空虚的敌据点，等蒋二知道中了调虎离山之计回头救援时，早己落入蒋三布下的口袋......

香帅楚留香（狄龙 饰）刺杀八皇爷（井淼 饰）失败，遭到了朝廷的通缉和追杀，无奈之中，楚留香来到了幽灵山庄，找到了那里的当家老鹰（谷峰 饰）。隐匿在幽灵山庄里的，全都是和楚留香一样身陷困境的大侠和高手，楚留香之后，独孤美（杨志卿 饰）和柳长街（顾冠忠 饰）接连抵达。经过连番的试炼，老鹰终于相信了楚留香的忠诚。可实际上，楚留香和八皇爷设了一个局，亦在将企图造反的幽灵山庄众人捉拿归案。在此过程中，楚留香发现胆小如鼠嗜赌成性的胡斐竟然也是八皇爷派到这里来的卧底，两人一拍即合，相互照应。一番混战之后，老鹰逃走，而他的真实面目，至今无人知晓。

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In court for murder, Professor Moriarty is released seconds before Holmes arrives, too late, with vital evidence. Free again Moriarty vows to Holmes that his next crime will be so fiendish and amazing that Holmes's reputation will be finished. Moriarty sets about a fiendish plot involving the crown jewels and a series of mysteries to distract Holmes's mind.I enjoy most of this series as they all seem to run to the same formula. Here the plot goes back to basics and adds more of the mystery and less of the comedy. The plot is an enjoyable battle of wits between the two great minds. The downside is that the side-mystery that Moriarty sets up takes up the majority of the time and the two don't cross swords as well as they do in a gentlemanly beginning. The mystery surrounding Miss Brandon works OK but not really great as you know the whole time who is behind it and why. The jump to the crown jewels is too easily made and is a bit of a letdown.The comedy is less evident than usual but is still there. However it is overwhelmed by the more serious side. Bruce still does well but I was glad that he stood up to Holmes more than usual – telling him off for treating him like a child and such like. Rathbone is a good Holmes but his logic was off here and I wasn't as impressed by him as I usually am. Zucco is an interesting foil, but doesn't get enough time to work here. Lupino in an early role is interesting but a little too heavy and tads to overplay her tension a bit.Overall this is an OK addition to the series. The plot is reasonable but focuses too much on the diversion than the central characters and the reduction in comedy makes it feel a lot heavier than usual.