The Scarlet Claw | |
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Directed by | Roy William Neill |
Screenplay by | Paul Gangelin |
Based on | Characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
Produced by | Roy William Neill |
Starring | Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Paul Cavanagh |
Cinematography | George Robinson |
Edited by | Paul Landres |
Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Scarlet Claw is a 1944 American mystery thriller film[1] based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Directed by Roy William Neill and 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 is generally considered by critics and fans of the series to be the best of the twelve Holmes films made by Universal.[2]