The Scarlet Claw

The Scarlet Claw

74 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | May 18, 1944

When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.

The Scarlet Claw

74 mins | Crime, Thriller, Mystery | May 18, 1944

The Scarlet Claw
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Scarlet Claw
Directors Roy William Neill
Writers Brenda Weisberg, Paul Gangelin, Edmund L. Hartmann, Arthur Conan Doyle, Roy William Neill

Cast

Basil Rathbone

as Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce

as Doctor Watson

Gerald Hamer

as Potts / Tanner / Ramson

Paul Cavanagh

as Lord Penrose

Arthur Hohl

as Emile Journet

Miles Mander

as Judge Brisson

Kay Harding

as Marie Journet

David Clyde

as Police Sergeant Thompson

Ian Wolfe

as Drake

Victoria Horne

as Nora