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The Spider Woman (1943)

6.8 | Dec 24, 1943 (US) | Mystery, Crime, Thriller | 01:03

Grim mystery to hold you breathless!

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".

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

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CinemaSerf
7 | Jun 26, 2022
Gale Sondergaard joins the team for this hour long thriller with Holmes and Watson called in to solve the mystery of the "pyjama suicides". Wealthy, clean-cut, members of society each appear to go bonkers and kill themselves with no apparent rationale. This is a fun little story with some quirkier elements to liven up the investigation - big spiders etc. and the shorter, more compact, duration certainly helps keep it tight.