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| The Spider Woman | |
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 1943 US theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Written by | Bertram Millhauser |
| Based on | Characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| Produced by | Roy William Neill |
| Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Gale Sondergaard |
| Cinematography | Charles Van Enger |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Spider Woman (alternatively titled Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman and Spider Woman) is a 1943 mystery film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, the seventh of fourteen such films the pair were involved in. As with all of the Universal Studios films in the series, the film is set in then-present day as opposed to the Victorian setting of the original stories. This film incorporates elements from the 1890 novel The Sign of the Four, as well as the short stories "The Final Problem", "The Adventure of the Empty House", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" and makes explicit reference to "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".[1]
- ^ Alan Barnes, Sherlock Holmes On Screen: The Complete Film and TV History, Titan Books, Third Edition, January 31, 2012, ISBN 978-0-85768-776-0, page 268