The Spider Woman

• 6.8 Crime
• 1943-12-24
• 63 minutes mins

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. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".

Starring:

Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes) Nigel Bruce (Dr. John H. Watson) Gale Sondergaard (Adrea Spedding) Dennis Hoey (Insp. Lestrade) Vernon Downing (Norman Locke) Alec Craig (Radlik) Arthur Hohl (Adam Gilflower) Mary Gordon (Mrs. Hudson) Teddy Infuhr (Larry (uncredited)) Donald Stuart (Artie - Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited))

Director:

Roy William Neill

Writer:

Bertram Millhauser