The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949)

Genre : Mystery, Crime

Runtime : 27M

Director : Sobey Martin

Synopsis

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..

Actors

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
Gail Roberts
Gail Roberts
Jean Stoner

Crews

Sobey Martin
Sobey Martin
Director
Walter Doniger
Walter Doniger
Writer
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
Story
Marshall Grant
Marshall Grant
Producer
Stanley Rubin
Stanley Rubin
Producer
William Lava
William Lava
Music
William Bradford
William Bradford
Cinematography
Dann Cahn
Dann Cahn
Editor
Eugène Lourié
Eugène Lourié
Art Direction
Rudolph E. Abel
Rudolph E. Abel
Production Supervisor

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