Editing The Final Problem (section)

===Film===

"The Final Problem" was adapted as a 1923 silent short film as part of the [[Sherlock Holmes (Stoll film series)|Stoll film series]], starring [[Eille Norwood]] as Holmes and [[Hubert Willis]] as Watson, with [[Percy Standing]] as Moriarty.<ref>{{cite book |last=Eyles|first=Alan|title=Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration |url=https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle|url-access=registration|year=1986 |publisher=Harper & Row |page=[https://archive.org/details/sherlockholmesce0000eyle/page/132 132] |isbn=0-06-015620-1}}</ref>

The 1931 film ''[[The Sleeping Cardinal]]'', the first film in the [[Sherlock Holmes (1931 film series)|1931–1937 film series]] starring [[Arthur Wontner]] as Holmes, is based in part on "[[The Adventure of the Empty House]]" and "The Final Problem." The scene from "The Final Problem" in which Moriarty confronts Holmes at Baker Street and attempts to persuade Holmes to stop his investigations is used in ''[[The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1935), another film in the series.

In the [[Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)|1939–1946 film series]] starring [[Basil Rathbone]] as Holmes and [[Nigel Bruce]] as Watson, a number of films borrow elements from "The Final Problem". Most noticeable of these elements are the methods of killing Moriarty off; in ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (film)|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1939), ''[[Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon]]'' (1942) and ''[[The Woman in Green]]'' (1945), Moriarty is seen in all three films falling from a great height to his death. ''The Woman in Green'' contains a variation on the conversation between Holmes and Moriarty in Baker Street, as well as the idea of Moriarty manipulating Watson out of the way by hoaxing an injured Englishwoman who requires his treating.

The 2011 film ''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'' is based in part on "The Final Problem".<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris |last=Tilly |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/22/sherlock-holmes-a-game-of-shadows-preview |title=Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Preview|website=IGN |date=2011-02-22 |access-date=2020-06-06}}</ref> Like the story, it ends with Holmes and Moriarty plummeting into the falls, and Watson is shown writing the final sentences of "The Final Problem" on his typewriter. However, in the film, the characters are attending a European Peace Conference held near the falls which Moriarty seeks to sabotage, and the two plunge down from a balcony overlooking the falls rather than from the ledge of the original story. Holmes is also shown falling over the edge with Moriarty rather than simply being assumed to have fallen, being too injured to defeat Moriarty in a straight fight but knowing that Moriarty will go after Watson if he lives. While Holmes is shown to have survived, having used his brother's oxygen inhaler to survive the water at the bottom of the falls, Moriarty's fate is less certain.