A famed American author, Sophie, who travels to Scotland and finds herself wanting to buy a castle, but the prickly owner, a Scottish Duke named Myles, is reluctant to sell to a foreigner.

由于讲意气被别人陷害杀了人的加纳来到了北海道服刑，他无法忘记被杀害的人的三岁女儿洋子的存在，于是他假扮成她的伯父，和她互赠礼物，洋子的成长是他唯一觉得开心的事情，这样，过了15年加纳的刑期满了，好像见到恋人一样，看到洋子，加纳就不再做坏事了……

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.

在一个华丽宽广的大庄园内，夜幕降临，庄园房间灯火辉煌。长长的走廊之上，汤姆和杰瑞这对冤家又展开新一轮的追逐战。几番交手，汤姆都没有占到任何便宜。对于这只在贵族家庭里饱受熏陶的贵族猫来说，是可忍孰不可忍，他掏出名刺，宣称要和杰瑞进行一场男人间的决斗。杰瑞毫不退缩，也掏出自己的名刺，两个小家伙就此约好了决斗的日子。镜头一转，在一个萧索荒凉的野外，猫和老鼠各自披着黑色披风面对面站立，他们拿出手枪、击剑、弓箭、大炮、弹弓等各种凶器，展开了一连串的对决。谁知两个小家伙谁也无法打败对方，决斗的结果难以预测……