Story Line
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.
“From her LIPS — poison that bred MURDER!”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
6.5/ 10
Release Date
1945-06-15
Runtime
1h 8m
Genres
MysteryCrimeThriller
Part of the Series
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
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User Reviews (1)
CinemaSerf
7/10
•7/1/2022This is maybe not one of the better of the fourteen outings for Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce, but it's still a thoroughly enjoyable watch as "Holmes" and "Watson" have to get to the bottom of a mystery that involves a series of apparently unrelated kil...