Watch The Scarlet Claw (1944) Free Online

Release Date: 1944

Cast: David Clyde, Victoria Horne, Basil Rathbone, Kay Harding, Paul Cavanagh, Gerald Hamer, Arthur Hohl, Miles Mander, Nigel Bruce, Ian Wolfe

Categories: Movies, Black-And-White, Detective, Suspense, Detective Fiction, Mystery, Supernatural, Crime Thriller, Thriller

The Scarlet Claw is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes movie directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. It is the eighth film of the Rathbone/Bruce series. David Stuart Davies notes on the film's DVD audio commentary that it's generally considered by critics and fans of the series to be the best of the twelve Holmes films made by Universal.. Although the film is not credited as an adaptation of any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, the plot bears some resemblance to The Hound of the Baskervilles. Holmes and Watson are in Canada attending a conference on the occult,... MORE

The Scarlet Claw is a 1944 Sherlock Holmes movie directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. It is the eighth film of the Rathbone/Bruce series. David Stuart Davies notes on the film's DVD audio commentary that it's generally considered by critics and fans of the series to be the best of the twelve Holmes films made by Universal.. Although the film is not credited as an adaptation of any of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes tales, the plot bears some resemblance to The Hound of the Baskervilles. Holmes and Watson are in Canada attending a conference on the occult, when Lord Penrose receives a message that his wife Lady Penrose has been murdered in the small village of La Mort Rouge. Holmes and Watson are about to return to England when Holmes receives a telegram from Lady Penrose, issued before her death, asking for help as she fears for her life. Holmes decides to investigate her death. Holmes and Watson arrive at the remote village and discover that the inhabitants are all convinced that the murder is the work of the legendary monster of La Mort Rouge, which roams the marshes around the village. The "monster" is even later seen by Dr. Watson, who LESS