When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human ... Read allWhen a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.When a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
- Bill Taylor
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- Lady Lillian Gentry Penrose
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- Villager in Pub with Dr. Watson
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- Villager in Pub
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- Villager in Pub
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- Hotel Bellhop
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaListed in Journet's inn-register is Tom McKnight of New York. He was an adviser on Universal's Holmes series, and was married to Edith Meiser, a writer familiar to devotees of the radio productions "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" and "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
- GoofsLady Penrose is said to have been murdered by having her throat torn out, yet when her body is found at the church after she rang the bell to summon help as she was dying, there is no sign of any damage to her throat nor a single drop of blood on or near the body.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Sherlock Holmes: Canada, the linchpin of the English speaking world, whose relations of friendly intimacy with the United States on the one hand and their unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth and the Motherland on the other. Canada, the link that joins together these great branches of the human family.
Dr. John H. Watson: Churchill say that?
Sherlock Holmes: Yes, Watson, Churchill.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: The Scarlet Claw (2016)
- SoundtracksBritish Grenadiers
Traditional
(uncredited)
sung by the postman
THE SCARLET CLAW was written especially for the screen and not from any novel penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Turns out it's one of the very best entries in the series, up there with THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES and THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES as essential Holmes films.
It has all the atmosphere one would want in a Sherlock Holmes story and a mystery that deepens as the plot goes forward but resolved in a very satisfying way by Holmes. The cast includes an excellent performance from PAUL CAVANAGH as Mr. Penrose, whose wife dies a vicious death at the hands of a killer and leads to Holmes' investigation. GERALD HAMER as a nervous postman and VICTORIA HORNE as a frightened housekeeper are also fine, as is MILES MANDER as a judge whose life is in danger from a serial killer.
Although this one takes place in Canada, it might just as well have taken place on the Dartmouth moors in Devonshire--that's the kind of atmosphere it has with plenty of mist and fog to add to the Gothic ambiance of the tale.
Well worth watching for Sherlock fans. Especially good is NIGEL BRUCE as the bumbling Dr. Watson who inadvertently helps BASIL RATHBONE from time to time. His blustery interpretation of the comic sidekick is especially well done in this caper. Rathbone, of course, is beyond reproach.
- Doylenf
- Dec 25, 2009
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- Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw
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- Runtime1 hour 14 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1