The spider woman.
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L: Limited Access CP: Composite Positive AC: Acetate C: 1200' 16/8/9.5mm 16mm Black & White Sound 2175 Roy William Neill Director: Roy William Neill Universal Pictures Universal Pictures
Sherlock Holmes fakes his own death in order to investigate a number of bizarre apparent suicides that he is convinced are part of an elaborate plot by "a female Moriarty" Holmes discovers that she seeks out men short of money, persuades them to pawn their life insurance policies with her accomplices, then kills them. Holmes sets himself up as her next victim, discovering that she uses the deadly spider, Lycosa Carnivora, whose venom causes such pain that the victims kill themselves.
Sherlock Holmes fakes his own death in order to investigate a number of bizarre apparent suicides that he is convinced are part of an elaborate plot by "a female Moriarty" Holmes discovers that she seeks out men short of money, persuades them to pawn their life insurance policies with her accomplices, then kills them. Holmes sets himself up as her next victim, discovering that she uses the deadly spider, Lycosa Carnivora, whose venom causes such pain that the victims kill themselves.
Credits
- Directed by
- Roy William Neill
- Written by
- Bertram Millhauser
- Cast
- Gale Sondergaard, Nigel Bruce, Angelo Rossitto, Basil Rathbone, Arthur Hohl, Mary Gordon, Dennis Hoey, Stanley Logan, Alec Craig, Edmund Mortimer
- Produced by
- Roy William Neill
- Cinematography
- Charles Van Enger
- Music
- Hans J. Salter
- Edited by
- William Austin
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Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, country, genre, description, credits
- Wikidata · Q1170437 ↗
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