Sherlock Holmes - The Scarlet Claw
by Roy William Neill
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Actor: Arthur Hohl, Basil Rathbone, Gerald Hamer, Nigel Bruce, Paul CavanaghDirector: Roy William Neill
Brand: MPI
Producer: Roy William Neill
Writer: Roy William Neill
Producer: Howard Benedict
Writer: Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer: Brenda Weisberg
Writer: Edmund L. Hartmann
Writer: Paul Gangelin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Mpi Home Video
Movie Reviews of Sherlock Holmes - The Scarlet Claw
Movie Review: Holmes North of the Border
Summary: 3 Stars
Holmes heads to Canada in this Universal series entry that is, I believe, the first to have no basis in the Doyle canon. There are some good atmospherics, though a taste of the works of the Universal special effect department are a little hokey. This may be the most violent picture of the series. Plus, there's a patriotic tribute to Canada at the tag end.
Summary of Sherlock Holmes - The Scarlet Claw
The master detective Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and his faithful cohort Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) are back, preserved and digitally restored in 35mm to original condition by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. This newly restored version of the classic film includes the period war bond tag and studio logo and credits from its original theatrical release. Filled with ominous shadows and interesting camera angles, the visual beauty of the film in 35mm is stunning. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson journey to Canada to attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Quebec. Before long, they find themselves investigating a series of gruesome murders that the locals attribute to the legendary phantom marsh monster of La Morte Rouge. But Holmes suspects a master of disguise is the real killer, who might be anyone in the village. He contrives a clever trap and courageously sets himself up to be the killer's next victim.Here is another strong entry (beautifully restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive) from the peak of Basil Rathbone's prolific, seven-year run as a definitive Sherlock Holmes for the big screen. The Scarlet Claw (1944) is an original screenplay with elements loosely inspired by Doyle's "The Adventure of the Dancing Men." A skeptical Holmes and Watson (Nigel Bruce) attend a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society in Canada, but are soon looking into a killing spree attributed to a fanciful marsh monster. Fantastic events are soon supplanted by an even stranger horror concerning a master actor bent on revenge. --Tom Keogh
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