The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1984

[last lines]

Sherlock Holmes:
Sometimes I think my whole life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence.

Dr. John Watson:
No no, you are a benefactor of the race, Holmes.

Sherlock Holmes:
Well, maybe it is of some little use after all. "L'homme c'est rien - l'oeuvre c'est tout," as Gustave Flaubert wrote to Georges Sand. Hm?