“Grim mystery to hold you breathless!”
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".
Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill
Bertram Millhauser
Charles Van Enger
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Dr. John H. Watson
Gale Sondergaard
Adrea Spedding
Dennis Hoey
Insp. Lestrade
Vernon Downing
Norman Locke
Alec Craig
Radlik
Arthur Hohl
Adam Gilflower
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
Teddy Infuhr
Larry (uncredited)
Donald Stuart
Artie - Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Fred Garvin (uncredited)
Belle Mitchell
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
... and 21 more
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This time, our dynamic duo face one of their most versatile and cunning antagonists, who is cleverly behind the inexplicable “pyjama suicides”. Wealthy and seemingly upstanding members of the community are taking their own lives, usually from behind the safety of their own locked doors, by why? Well...
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1943) TRAILER
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Universal Pictures