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Sherlock Holmes
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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".
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| Release Date | 1943-12-24 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 1h 3m |
| Directors | Roy William Neill, Charles Van Enger, Hans J. Salter, Bernard B. Brown |
| Producer | Roy William Neill |
| Writers | Bertram Millhauser, Arthur Conan Doyle |
Gale Sondergaard joins the team for this hour long thriller with Holmes and Watson called in to solve the mystery of the "pyjama suicides". Wealthy, clean-cut, members of society each appear to go bonkers and kill themselves with no apparent rationale. This is a fun little story with some quirkier elements to liven up the investigation - big spiders etc. and the shorter, more compact, duration certainly helps keep it tight.
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