Directed by:
Roy William NeillScreenplay:
Bertram MillhauserCinematography:
Charles Van EngerComposer:
Hans J. SalterCast:
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Alec Craig, Arthur Hohl, Mary Gordon, John Rogers, John Roche, Gene Roth, Wilbur Mack, Belle Mitchell (more)VOD (1)
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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. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Basil Rathbone
South Africa
Best movies:
Captain Blood (1935)
We're No Angels (1955)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Nigel Bruce
Mexico
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Rebecca (1940)
The Rains Came (1939)
Gale Sondergaard
USA
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Juarez (1939)
Dennis Hoey
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
Uncertain Glory (1944)
Alec Craig
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Gaslight (1944)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Arthur Hohl
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
The Yearling (1946)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Mary Gordon
UK
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
John Rogers
UK
Best movies:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
To Each His Own (1946)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
John Roche
USA
Best movies:
Monte Carlo (1930)
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944)
Gene Roth
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Brute Force (1947)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Belle Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Lust for Life (1956)
Bernadette (1943)
Edmund Mortimer
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Florence Wix
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Jimmy Aubrey
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Random Harvest (1942)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Harry Cording
UK
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
Bernadette (1943)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)