The Scarlet Claw

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The Scarlet Claw (1944)

NR 05/18/1944 (US) Crime, Mystery, Thriller 1h 14m

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Holmes vs. Monster!

Overview

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

Roy William Neill

Director, Screenplay
Arthur Conan Doyle

Characters
Edmund L. Hartmann

Screenplay
Paul Gangelin

Story
Brenda Weisberg

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Top Billed Cast

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce

Doctor Watson
Gerald Hamer

Potts / Tanner / Ramson
Paul Cavanagh

Lord Penrose
Arthur Hohl

Emile Journet
Miles Mander

Judge Brisson
Kay Harding

Marie Journet
David Clyde

Police Sergeant Thompson
Ian Wolfe

Drake
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"Holmes" (Basil Rathbone) and "Watson" (Nigel Bruce) find themselves in Quebec investigating the ghoulish murder of "Lady Penrose" who has had her throat "torn out" by a monster that has the local community petrified. Of course, it cannot be a monster so our duo deduce their way to the real culprit. Along the way, "Watson" manages to fall in a bog a couple of times and even get a bit squiffy in this more traditional story with an intriguing and eerily presented ending. Gerald Hamer multi-tasks well, too.

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