Born to Be Sold vs Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 3.8/10 for Born to Be Sold). Sherlock: The Abominable Bride is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 36m. Born to Be Sold is the older of the two (1981 against 2016). Both are crime, thriller, tv movie movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Born to Be Sold posterBorn to Be Sold1981 VS Sherlock: The Abominable Bride posterSherlock: The Abominable Bride2016
Born to Be SoldSherlock: The Abominable Bride
Audience score★ 3.8/10★ 7.8/10
Year19812016
Length1h 36m1h 30m
GenresCrime, Thriller, TV MovieCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorBurt BrinckerhoffDouglas Mackinnon
Main castEd Nelson, Claire Malis, Dean Stockwell, Lynda Carter, Harold GouldMark Gatiss, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Andrew Scott, Jonathan Aris

Synopsis

Born to Be Sold

A social worker tries to break up a ring of crooks who buy newborn babies from teenaged mothers and sell them to couples who can't obtain them through legal adoption channels.

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves in 1890s London in this holiday special.

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