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The Adventure of the Speckled Band

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..

Top Cast

  • 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

Overview

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..

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