奥斯卡奖得主麦克而凯恩和本金斯利合演。福尔摩斯帮伦敦警察厅破获无数案件，但是福尔摩斯并不存在，而这位大侦探的角色一直由一个叫雷金纳得琴凯德德人扮演，他是华生雇佣德临时“演员”，笨拙又酗酒，为此，华生想要解雇他，正当此时，财务部官员要拜访福尔摩斯，华生只好留着他，继续这弥天大谎，“依靠”他破解新谜团。This is a Sherlock Holmes story with a difference. Here Dr Watson is the ace detective and has been using an actor to play the part Holmes. Holmes is a drunken actor and gets on Watson's nerves. When Watson tries to go it alone, he doesn't have much success, so he is forced to let Holmes take all the credit once more.