# The Scarlet Claw (1944)

"The Scarlet Claw" is a 1944 mystery film featuring the iconic detective duo Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, portrayed by Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, respectively. This film is part of a series produced in the 1940s that starred Rathbone as Holmes.The film begins with a series of mysterious murders in a quiet village in Canada, where a local woman claims to have seen a ghostly figure with a scarlet claw. Holmes and Watson arrive to investigate the supernatural occurrences, but they soon discover that the truth is far more sinister than mere ghost stories.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1944
- By: Roy William Neill
- Genres: Crime, Film noir, Mystery
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the.-scarlet.-claw.-1944)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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