The Spider Woman (1943)

Name: The Spider Woman
Director: Roy William Neill
Released: 1943-12-10
Rating: 6.928
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Vernon Downing

MysteryCrimeThrillerHorror

63 min

"Grim mystery to hold you breathless!"

Plot Summary

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".