Movie: The Adventure of the Speckled Band

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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

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    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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    1949-03-25

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