The Scarlet Claw

This is the eighth film in the Rathbone/Bruce series. Although it is not adapted from a Conan Doyle story, it bears a resemblance to The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Holmes and Watson are in Canada attending a conference on the occult. Bfore leaving they receive a telegram from Lady Penrose asking for their help as she fears for her life.  She dies and the death is blamed  on the supernatural. Lady Penrose was a famous actress who had been involved in a murder case. Holmes believes  this is the reason for her death and that the killer is masquerading as a villager.

The director, Ray William Neill, an expert on Sherlock Holmes, paid meticulous attention to detail.