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Film / 1943
The Spider Woman
Directed by
Roy William Neill
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.
The story
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.
In the same saga
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection
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Cast
Basil RathboneSherlock Holmes
Nigel BruceDr. John H. Watson
Gale SondergaardAdrea Spedding
Dennis HoeyInsp. Lestrade
Vernon DowningNorman Locke
Alec CraigRadlik
Arthur HohlAdam Gilflower
Mary GordonMrs. Hudson
Teddy InfuhrLarry (uncredited)
Donald StuartArtie - Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Harry CordingFred Garvin (uncredited)
Belle MitchellFortune Teller (uncredited)
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Angelo RossittoObongo - Pygmy (uncredited)
Sylvia AndrewCharwoman (uncredited)
Marie De BeckerCharwoman (uncredited)
Jimmy AubreyNews Vendor (uncredited)
Brandon BeachCarnival Patron (uncredited)
Frank BensonToy Doll Attendant (uncredited)
Lydia BilbrookSusan (uncredited)
John BurtonRadio Announcer (uncredited)
James CarlisleCasino Patron (uncredited)
Jack DeeryCasino Patron (uncredited)
George KirbyNews Vendor (uncredited)
Stanley LoganRobert (uncredited)
Wilbur MackCasino Patron (uncredited)
Edmund MortimerCasino Patron (uncredited)
William H. O'BrienDoorman (uncredited)
John RocheCasino Croupier (uncredited)
Gene RothHenchman Taylor (uncredited)
Arthur StenningPlainclothesman (uncredited)
Florence WixCasino Patron (uncredited)
Herschel GrahamCasino Patron (uncredited)
Ethelreda LeopoldCasino Patron (uncredited)
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