The Scarlet Claw is a 1944 American Sherlock Holmes film directed by Roy William Neill. It was the eighth film to star Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr John Watson.
Summary[]
Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson find themselves in Canada investigating a series of gruesome murders supposedly perpetrated by a supernatural creature.
Cast[]
- Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.
- Nigel Bruce as Dr John Watson
- Gerald Hamer as Alistair Ramson
- Paul Cavanaugh as William Penrose
- Arthur Hohl as Emile Journet
Reception[]
The Scarlet Claw is considered by many fans to be the finest of the twelve Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes films.[citation needed]