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The Adventure of the Speckled Band
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

1949 27 min ★ 0.0 (0) Released
Crime Mystery

Sherlock Holmes gets the clues he needs to solve a murder, and to prevent another one from occurring, when he finds out that a doctor owns a poisonous snake--the deadly swamp adder. Filmed on the expensive sets leftover from the movie Joan of Arc at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City and produced for the "Your Show Time" series, the short has been released as a solo feature on many DVDs that chronicle classic Sherlock Holmes films..

Original title
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
Revenue
Keywords 2
sherlock holmes short film
Cast 6
Arthur Shields

Arthur Shields

The Bookshop Man

Alan Napier

Alan Napier

Sherlock Holmes

Evelyn Ankers

Evelyn Ankers

Miss Stoner

Melville Cooper

Melville Cooper

Dr. John H. Watson

Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier

Dr. Grimesby Roylott

Richard Fraser

Richard Fraser

John Armitage

Crew 4
Eugène Lourié

Eugène Lourié

Art Direction

Marshall Grant

Marshall Grant

Producer

William Lava

William Lava

Music

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

Story

Gallery 1
US Release Dates 1

Mar 25, 1949

Originally an episode of Your Show Time, it has been released as a solo film on DVD box sets

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