The Spider Woman

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Grim mystery to hold you breathless!

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".

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Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller Film Noir
Mood: DarkSuspensefulMysteriousHauntingBrooding
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Roy William Neill, Charles Van Enger, Bernard B. Brown

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Roy William Neill

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