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.
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Basil Rathbone | Sherlock Holmes |
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Nigel Bruce | Dr. Watson |
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Hillary Brooke | Lydia Marlow |
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Henry Daniell | Prof. Moriarty |
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Paul Cavanagh | Sir. George Fenwick |
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Matthew Boulton | Inspector Gregson |
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Eve Amber | Maude Fenwick |
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Frederick Worlock | Onslow |
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Tom Bryson | Williams |
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Sally Shepherd | Crandon |
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Mary Gordon | Mrs. Hudson |
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Fred Aldrich | Detective |
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Eve Ashley | Background Woman |
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John Burton | Waring - Mesmerist |
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Harold De Becker | Shoelace Seller |
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Leslie Denison | Vincent - Barman at Pembroke House |
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Tony Ellis | Carter - Hypnotized Subject |
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Tom Ferrandini | Club Patron |
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Kay Harding | 4th Victim |
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Alec Harford | Commissioner of the CID |
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Ivo Henderson | Constable |
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Tommy Hughes | Newboy |
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Colin Hunter | Constable |
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Olaf Hytten | Norris - Fenwick's Butler |
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Boyd Irwin | Short-Tempered Officer Closing Window |
Director | Roy William Neill |
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Writer | Bertram Millhauser, Arthur Conan Doyle | |
Producer | Howard Benedict, Roy William Neill | |
Musician | Paul Dessau | |
Photography | Virgil Miller |