Corrected entry: The film starts in 1891. The first fight scene, in an alleyway, the cops walk by and one thug warns the other by yelling "Peelers". A "Peeler" was slang for a police officer, derived from the name of Sir Robert Peel, who developed the Metropolitan Police Act in 1928.
Michael Fishweicher
12th Jan 2014
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
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Correction: Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police Force in 1829. By 1928 he'd already been dead for over 70 years.