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 di... Read allSherlock 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.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.
Frederick Worlock
- Onslow
- (as Frederic Worlock)
Coulter Irwin
- Williams
- (as Tom Bryson)
Fred Aldrich
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Eve Ashley
- Background Woman
- (uncredited)
John Burton
- Waring - Mesmerist
- (uncredited)
Harold De Becker
- Shoelace Seller
- (uncredited)
Leslie Denison
- Vincent - Barman at Pembroke House
- (uncredited)
Tony Ellis
- Carter - Hypnotized Subject
- (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini
- Club Patron
- (uncredited)
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- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThis marks the third Sherlock Holmes' movie starring Basil Rathbone where Holmes faces Prof. James Moriarty, after The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942). Curiously, Moriarty is portrayed by a different actor in each movie: George Zucco, Lionel Atwill, and Henry Daniell, respectively.
- GoofsAs Lydia is hypnotizing Sir George on her sofa, the image shown of them in her water bowl is reversed from how a reflected image would appear.
- Quotes
Dr. John H. Watson: There ought to be a law against fat people keeping little dickey birds.
- Crazy creditsAfter The End was screened the message "You're not giving - just lending - when you buy war savings stamps and bonds - on sale here.
- Alternate versionsAlso available in computer-colorized version.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: The Woman in Green (2015)
Featured review
Enjoyable bit of Holmes if not brilliant
The police approach Sherlock Holmes when someone is killing young women in London and neatly severing one of their fingers. Holmes investigates and finds that several well known people appear to be suspicious. A late night visitor gives him the motives for the crimes, if not the method - officially thought dead, Professor Moriarty is framing these people for the murders and then black mailing them to keep it hidden. Sherlock doesn't capture him on this occasion but begins to try and stop whatever master plan he has.
Rathbone will always be the image I have of Sherlock Holmes and it is down to these films. Here he gets involved again with archenemy Professor Moriarty in a game of murder and blackmail. The film has all the usual stuff in it and fans of the series will enjoy this. The plot doesn't quite have a fluidity to it and stutters and starts here and there. The murders start well with danger and dramatic possibilities but it loses a bit of momentum when the tact changes to a more pedestrian pursuit of the woman of the title.
Aside from this it does all it needs to do to be enjoyable (as a fan). Rathbone is a great Holmes and he is a good gentleman detective. I always have a problem with him being so very aloof but it is part of how Watson is portrayed I guess. Bruce is good as Watson, even if it does bother me to see him put down so very often. The film misses the comedy presence of Hoey's detective Lestrade and the new officer can't fill his shoes. Daniell's Moriarty is a bit too average - I never got the impression of an evil or dangerous man who was a match for Holmes.
Overall this is a good entry in the series. None of it screams out as being of a very high quality but it does well enough aside from having areas where it could easily have been strengthened.
Rathbone will always be the image I have of Sherlock Holmes and it is down to these films. Here he gets involved again with archenemy Professor Moriarty in a game of murder and blackmail. The film has all the usual stuff in it and fans of the series will enjoy this. The plot doesn't quite have a fluidity to it and stutters and starts here and there. The murders start well with danger and dramatic possibilities but it loses a bit of momentum when the tact changes to a more pedestrian pursuit of the woman of the title.
Aside from this it does all it needs to do to be enjoyable (as a fan). Rathbone is a great Holmes and he is a good gentleman detective. I always have a problem with him being so very aloof but it is part of how Watson is portrayed I guess. Bruce is good as Watson, even if it does bother me to see him put down so very often. The film misses the comedy presence of Hoey's detective Lestrade and the new officer can't fill his shoes. Daniell's Moriarty is a bit too average - I never got the impression of an evil or dangerous man who was a match for Holmes.
Overall this is a good entry in the series. None of it screams out as being of a very high quality but it does well enough aside from having areas where it could easily have been strengthened.
- bob the moo
- Dec 24, 2003
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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