The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Scarlet Claw - DVD
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) has at long last been brought to trial for murder. But the 'Napoleon of Crime' is acquitted after the court finds a lack of sufficient evidence. Moments after the judge releases the defendant, Sherlock Holmes dashes into the courtroom with proof that will destroy Moriarty's alibi and send the professor to the gallows. Alas, he is too late and the criminal mastermind is set free. The Scarlet Claw Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson journey to Canada to attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Quebec. Before long, they find themselves investigating a series of gruesome murders that the locals attribute to the legendary phantom marsh monster of La Morte Rouge. But Holmes suspects a master of disguise is the real killer, who might be anyone in the village. He contrives a clever trap courageously sets himself up to be the killer's next victim.
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- GenreThrillerDescriptionThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) has at long last been brought to trial for murder. But the 'Napoleon of Crime' is acquitted after the court finds a lack of sufficient evidence. Moments after the judge releases the defendant, Sherlock Holmes dashes into the courtroom with proof that will destroy Moriarty's alibi and send the professor to the gallows. Alas, he is too late and the criminal mastermind is set free. The Scarlet Claw Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson journey to Canada to attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Quebec. Before long, they find themselves investigating a series of gruesome murders that the locals attribute to the legendary phantom marsh monster of La Morte Rouge. But Holmes suspects a master of disguise is the real killer, who might be anyone in the village. He contrives a clever trap courageously sets himself up to be the killer's next victim.TitleThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / The Scarlet ClawFormatDVDMPAA RatingNRStudioMpi Home Video
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Professor Moriarty (George Zucco) has at long last been brought to trial for murder. But the 'Napoleon of Crime' is acquitted after the court finds a lack of sufficient evidence. Moments after the judge releases the defendant, Sherlock Holmes dashes into the courtroom with proof that will destroy Moriarty's alibi and send the professor to the gallows. Alas, he is too late and the criminal mastermind is set free. The Scarlet Claw Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson journey to Canada to attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Quebec. Before long, they find themselves investigating a series of gruesome murders that the locals attribute to the legendary phantom marsh monster of La Morte Rouge. But Holmes suspects a master of disguise is the real killer, who might be anyone in the village. He contrives a clever trap courageously sets himself up to be the killer's next victim.
Set in the Victorian Age & regarded by many as the finest of the fourteen films in the Sherlock Holmes/Basil Rathbone series, 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' was originally released in 1939 by Twentieth Century-Fox, and was the first film in the series to pit Holmes against the infamous Professor Moriarty. Special Features Audio Commentary; Selected Theatrical Trailers; Production Notes; Photo Gallery. Full frame . Language English.
When a young prince is accused of a crime that could embroil him in international scandal, debonair super sleuth Sherlock Holmes comes to his aid, and quickly discovers that behind the incident lurks a criminal mastermind eager to reduce Western civilization to anarchy. Adapted from the hugely popular stage version of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories (by William Gillette), Sherlock Holmes not only provided Barrymore with one of his most prestigious early roles, but also presented the screen debuts of two notable actors William Powell (The Thin Man) and Roland Young (Topper). Sherlock Holmes was mastered from a 35 mm restoration by the George Eastern House Motion Picture Department, and is accompanied by a score by Ben Model, performed on the Miditzer Virtual Theater Organ.
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. Holmes and Watson journey to Canada to solve a series of ghastly and ghostly murders. 1944/b&w/74 min/NR/fullscreen.
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