When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
Acting
Rathbone's ice-cold deductions; Bruce's bumbling heart.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched moors that out-Baskerville the Baskervilles.
Direction
Neill squeezes genuine dread into 74 minutes.
Director
Roy William Neill
Basil Rathbone
Sherlock Holmes
Nigel Bruce
Doctor Watson
Gerald Hamer
Potts / Tanner / Ramson
Paul Cavanagh
Lord Penrose
Arthur Hohl
Emile Journet
Miles Mander
Judge Brisson
Kay Harding
Marie Journet
David Clyde
Police Sergeant Thompson
Ian Wolfe
Drake
Victoria Horne
Nora
Al Ferguson
Attendant (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Hotel Day Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Allen
Gertrude Astor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Despite the title and marketing, there's no actual scarlet claw in the film — the monster's phantom weapon was invented by Universal's poster department.
This is the only Rathbone-Bruce Holmes film set entirely in Canada, a concession to wartime audiences and the duo's massive popularity with Canadian troops.
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