Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Acting
Rathbone's hawkish intensity vs Bruce's bumbling warmth.
Direction
Neill's shadow-drenched hypnosis sequences still slaps.
Writing
Moriarty's chessboard monologue — villainy as performance art.
Director
Roy William Neill
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr. John Watson
Hillary Brooke
Lydia Marlowe
Henry Daniell
Professor James Moriarty
Paul Cavanagh
Sir George Fenwick
Matthew Boulton
Inspector Gregson
Eve Amber
Maude Fenwick
Frederick Worlock
Dr. Onslow
Coulter Irwin
Corporal Williams
Sally Shepherd
Crandon
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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1945
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