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.

Plot SypnosisEdit

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson find themselves in Canada investigating a series of gruesome murders supposedly perpetrated by a supernatural creature.

CastEdit

• 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

ReceptionEdit

The Scarlet Claw is considered by many fans to be the finest of the twelve Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes films.