The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Holmes vs. Monster!
Director: Roy William Neill · Writers: Edmund L. Hartmann, Brenda Weisberg, Paul Gangelin, Roy William Neill
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.
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Director
Roy William Neill
Cast
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes 
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson 
Gerald Hamer
Potts / Tanner / Ramson 
Paul Cavanagh
Lord Penrose 
Arthur Hohl
Emile Journet 
Miles Mander
Judge Brisson 
Kay Harding
Marie Journet 
David Clyde
Police Sergeant Thompson 
Ian Wolfe
Drake 
Victoria Horne
Nora 
Al Ferguson
Attendant (uncredited) 
Olaf Hytten
Hotel Day Desk Clerk (uncredited) User Reviews (1)
When “Holmes” (Basil Rathbone) and “Watson” (Nigel Bruce) visit Canada to attend a seminar hosted by “Lord Penrose” (series regular Paul Cavanagh) his scientific approach to crime solving contrasts with the more intangible one taken by their host, but that’s the least of their troubles when they are forced to travel to the misty village of “La Mort Rouge” to investigate the brutal slaying of “Lady Penrose”. The murder is shrouded in a mystery that isn’t a million miles from “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, but of course “Holmes” isn’t having any of this fantastic, glow-in-the-dark monster mumbo-jumbo - especially as the body count starts to mount up, the doctor finds himself stuck in one too many peaty bogs and this tiny community appears to have a multitude of potential culprits. Bruce gets a bigger slice of the action here, which I quite enjoyed and th…
