Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
- 5.3
- 1935
- Released
- 1h 24m
Arthur Wontner
Sherlock Holmes
Lyn Harding
Prof. Moriarty
Leslie Perrins
John Douglas
Ian Fleming
Dr. John Watson
Charles Mortimer
Insp. Lestrade
Minnie Rayner
Mrs. Hudson
Michael Shepley
Cecil Barker
Jane Carr
Ettie Douglas
Ben Welden
Ted Balding
Roy Emerton
Boss McGintyWilfrid Caithness
Col. Sebastian MoranConway Dixon
AmesEdmund D'Alby
Captain MarvinErnest Lynds
Jacob ShafterGeorge Spence
Scowrer (uncredited)Released
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Another efficient outing for Arthur Wontner and Ian Fleming as "Holmes" and "Watson" sees the renowned detective teased from retirement to investigate the mysterious, and rather brutal, death of a country gent at the hands of an American gang ("The Scowlers"). To start with, no-one is quite sure why this fellow had been slaughtered in the first place, but we soon start to get an inkling of the bac