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Cast

Basil Rathbone
as Sherlock Holmes

Nigel Bruce
as Dr. John H. Watson

Gerald Hamer
as Potts/Tanner/Ramson

Paul Cavanagh
as Lord William Penrose

Arthur Hohl
as Emile Journet

Kay Harding
as Marie Journet

Miles Mander
as Judge Brisson

David Clyde
as Sgt. Thompson

Ian Wolfe
as Drake

Victoria Horne
as Nora

George Kirby
as Father Pierre

Frank O'Connor
as Cab Driver

Harry Allen
as Taylor, the Storekeeper

Olaf Hytten
as Hotel Desk Clerk

Gertrude Astor
as Woman

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Critic Reviews for The Scarlet Claw

Audience Reviews for The Scarlet Claw

• Jan 03, 2009

  Excellent Sherlock Holmes adventure. The mystery actually draws you in and has questions to be answered. Unlike most mysteries of today the film isn't desperate to surprise you with some ridiculous/confusing motive. It is possible to work out who did it, but that's part of the fun. Working it out with Holmes. The art direction is superb, creating gothic scenes on the streets and in the marshes. Rathbone and Bruce's chemistry also plays well, with Rathbone as a fairly pompous but also impressive Holmes and Bruce as sometimes comic but still useful Watson. It concentrates on the mystery and leaves characterisation well alone. Though at not much over an hour it's a fantastic "Who Done It?"
  Luke B Super Reviewer
• Aug 20, 2008

  Great atmosphere in one of the better Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films.
  Anthony V Super Reviewer

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