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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.
Keywords
london, england
amnesia
blackmail
scotland yard
investigation
hypnosis
violence against women
femme fatale
trance
black and white
series of murders
hypnotist
hypnotism
ledge
blackmailer
assassination attempt
mutilated body
severed finger
silhouette on window shade
bust of julius caesar
holmes vs moriarty
sherlock holmes
Casts
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
Eve Amber
Maude Fenwick
Frederick Worlock
Dr. Onslow
Percival Vivian
Dr. Simnell
Coulter Irwin
Corporal Williams
Sally Shepherd
Crandon
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Hudson
John Burton
Waring the Mesmerist (uncredited)
Harold De Becker
Shoelace Vendor Henchman (uncredited)
Tony Ellis
Carter the Hypnotized Subject (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Bar Patron (seen in mirror) (uncredited)
Kay Harding
4th Victim (uncredited)
Alec Harford
Commissioner of the CID (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Fenwick's Butler Norris (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
Short-Tempered Officer Closing Window (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Member of Mesmer Club (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Crews
Roy William Neill
Producer
Roy William Neill
Director
Virgil Miller
Director of Photography
Edward Curtiss
Editor
John B. Goodman
Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Vera West
Costume Design
Melville Shyer
Assistant Director
Bertram Millhauser
Screenplay
Mark Levant
Music Director
Martin Obzina
Art Direction
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Director
Ted von Hemert
Set Decoration
Roswell A. Hoffmann
Camera Operator
Arthur Conan Doyle
Novel
Backdrops & Posters
