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Summary

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.

Cast

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)

Crew

Director

Roy William Neill

Novel

Arthur Conan Doyle

Screenplay

Bertram Millhauser

Reviews

Geronimo1967

July 1, 2022

7

This is maybe not one of the better of the fourteen outings for Messrs. Rathbone and Bruce, but it's still a thoroughly enjoyable watch as "Holmes" and "Watson" have to get to the bottom of a mystery that involves a series of apparently unrelated killings linked only by the fact that each victim has a severed finger. No "Lestrade" this time, but Matthew Boulton is "Insp. Gregson" who together with our deductive duo, tries to get to the bottom of it all - and as their investigations deepen, they discover that their long thought dead nemesis "Prof. Moriarty" (Henry Daniell) is back and even more nasty! This also has a suitably classy, menacing performance from Hilary Brooke as femme fatale "Lydia Marlow" to keep the pot boiling before quite a tense denouement. Well worth a watch.