The Sign of Four (1923 film)

The Sign of Four
Film poster
Directed byMaurice Elvey
Written byMaurice Elvey
Based onThe Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle
Produced byJeffrey Bernerd
StarringEille Norwood
Isobel Elsom
Arthur M. Cullin
Production
company
Distributed byStoll Pictures (UK)
UFA (Germany)
Release date
  • 1923 (1923)
Running time
7 reels;[1] 6750 feet[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Sign of Four is a 1923 British silent mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Isobel Elsom and Fred Raynham.[3] The film is based on the 1890 novel The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, and was one of a series of Sherlock Holmes films starring Norwood.

  1. ^ Wlaschin, Ken (2009). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference barnes was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ BFI Database entry