Movie
The Scarlet Claw
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1944-05-18
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Universal Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
- Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson
- Gerald Hamer as Potts / Tanner / Ramson
- Paul Cavanagh as Lord Penrose
- Arthur Hohl as Emile Journet
- Miles Mander as Judge Brisson
- Kay Harding as Marie Journet
- David Clyde as Police Sergeant Thompson
- Ian Wolfe as Drake
- Victoria Horne as Nora
- Al Ferguson as Attendant (uncredited)
- Olaf Hytten as Hotel Day Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Crew
- Roy William Neill - Director
- Edmund L. Hartmann - Screenplay
- Roy William Neill - Screenplay
- Brenda Weisberg - Story
- Paul Gangelin - Story
- Arthur Conan Doyle - Characters
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