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".
- 6.9
- 1943
- Released
- 1h 3m
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)
Angelo Rossitto
Obongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
Sylvia Andrew
Charwoman (uncredited)
Marie De Becker
Charwoman (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
News Vendor (uncredited)Brandon Beach
Carnival Patron (uncredited)Frank Benson
Toy Doll Attendant (uncredited)
Lydia Bilbrook
Susan (uncredited)John Burton
Radio Announcer (uncredited)James Carlisle
Casino Patron (uncredited)Jack Deery
Casino Patron (uncredited)George Kirby
News Vendor (uncredited)
Stanley Logan
Robert (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Casino Patron (uncredited)Edmund Mortimer
Casino Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Doorman (uncredited)
John Roche
Casino Croupier (uncredited)
Gene Roth
Henchman Taylor (uncredited)Arthur Stenning
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Casino Patron (uncredited)Herschel Graham
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Released
en
- #suicide
- #casino
- #spider
- #roulette
- #compulsive gambling
- #pygmy
- #black and white
- #disguise
- #fake death
- #female villain
- #shooting gallery
- #female serial killer
- #sherlock holmes
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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, “Holmes” (Basil Rathbone) dons the guise of a poverty-stricken veteran of the Indian army to try a