Production
Wilder was having lunch with producer Roth when it was suggested that Wilder spoof Sherlock Holmes.
...I said I had - every other week for a year. But I couldn't see making fun of such a well-loved character in a 140 minute movie.Roth approached Wilder again a week later and inquired if Wilder had given anymore thought to the idea of a Sherlock Holmes film. Wilder replied "No, but I have given a great deal of thought to Sherlock's insanely jealous brother Sigi."
Wilder's screenplay belies a deep knowledge of Conan Doyle's characters as Marty Feldman's character, Sgt. Orville Stanley Sacker, shares a similar name with that originally applied to John Watson, Ormond Sacker.
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