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Dr. John Watson writes the Sherlock Holmes stories for The Strand Magazine, keeping a secret: he is the detective, and Holmes is a fiction he invented so he could solve crimes without drawing attention to his medical career. When readers demand to see the famous detective, Watson hires Reginald Kincaid, a stage actor, to play the part. Kincaid drinks, and after a case in which he oversteps, Watson fires him and tries to write Holmes out in favor of a new character, the Crime Doctor. The reading public rejects the idea. The government then asks Holmes to investigate printing plates for five-pound notes stolen from a mint, and the printing supervisor has gone missing, so Watson has to find Kincaid, sober him up and take the case.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Without a Clue (1988)
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- One real-world reference that survived is the character Norman Greenhough, based on Herbert Greenhough Smith, editor of The Strand Magazine, whose faith in the Holmes and Watson characters brought fame and fortune to both writer and periodical.
