

157 votes
1945
1h 8m
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.
Directed by Roy William Neill

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. OnslowPercival Vivian
Dr. Simnell
Coulter Irwin
Corporal Williams
Sally Shepherd
Crandon
Mary Gordon
Mrs. HudsonJohn 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)Status
Released
Release date
June 15, 1945
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
English