as though "Wilder had enough of an idea for a television variety show skit but unfortunately saw fit to expand it into a movie". Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "the whole effect of the picture is a kind of affable blandness which, given the expectations you have of Billy Wilder, constitutes a disappointment". Based on the sample cities covered by Variety, it grossed $536,927 from 39 play weeks in 1970. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, reviewing the film in 2002, wrote: "Billy Wilder's distinctive, irreverent slant on the world's greatest 'consulting detective' holds up reasonably well 32 years on; you wouldn't expect anything directed by Wilder and scripted by his long-time associate I. A. L. Diamond to be anything less than funny and watchable, and this is both". Home media In 1994, Image Entertainment released the film on LaserDisc, in what was called Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The: Special Edition. The release includes "The Dreadful Business of the Naked Honeymooners." The sequence was subtitled because no audio was available. The Region 1 DVD release restored portions of cut scenes that consists of soundtracks and a series of stills. A Blu-ray was released 22 July 2014 by Kino Lorber. It includes deleted scenes and bonus material. References External links 1970 films British comedy thriller films 1970s comedy thriller films Films directed by Billy Wilder Films set in Scotland Films set in the 1880s Films set in 1887 Sherlock Holmes films Sherlock Holmes pastiches Films shot at Pinewood Studios Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria on film Loch Ness Monster in film United Artists films Films scored by Miklós Rózsa 1970 LGBT-related films American LGBT-related films Films with screenplays by Billy Wilder Films with screenplays by I. A. L. Diamond 1970 comedy films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films 1970s British films