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The Spider Woman (1944)

Movie"Grim mystery to hold you breathless!"
Audience Score
68
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NR 1 hr 3 minJan 14th, 1944Mystery, Thriller, CrimeSherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection PosterPart of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
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".
StarringBasil RathboneNigel BruceGale Sondergaard
DirectorRoy William Neill

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 14th, 1944
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 25th, 2003 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures
Movie Tags:
black and whitesuicidecasinodisguisesherlock holmesspiderfemale serial killerfemale villainfake deathcompulsive gambling

Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

A series of fourteen films based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories was released between 1939 and 1946; the British actors Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce played Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. The first two films in the series were produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 1939. The studio stopped making the films after these, but Universal Pictures acquired the rights from the Doyle estate and produced a further twelve films. Although the films from 20th Century Fox had large budgets, high production values, and were set in the Victorian era, Universal updated the films to the contemporary era of the Second World War, and produced them as B pictures with lower budgets. Both Rathbone and Bruce continued their roles when the series changed studios, as did Mary Gordon, who played the recurring character, Mrs. Hudson.