
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.
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DirectorRoy William Neill
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

Victoria Horne
Nora

Al Ferguson
Attendant (uncredited)

Olaf Hytten
Hotel Day Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Villager in Pub (uncredited)

Harry Allen

Gertrude Astor

Clyde Fillmore
Charles Francis
George Kirby

Pietro Sosso
Part of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943

The Spider Woman
1943

The Pearl of Death
1944

The House of Fear
1945

The Woman in Green
1945

Pursuit to Algiers
1945

Terror by Night
1946

Dressed to Kill
1946
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