The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949)
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..
Director: Sobey Martin
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Arthur Shields as The Bookshop Man |
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Alan Napier as Sherlock Holmes |
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Evelyn Ankers as Miss Stoner |
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Melville Cooper as Dr. John H. Watson |
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Edgar Barrier as Dr. Grimesby Roylott |
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Richard Fraser as John Armitage |
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Gail Roberts as Jean Stoner |
| Directing | Sobey Martin | Director |
| Writing | Walter Doniger | Writer |
| Writing | Arthur Conan Doyle | Story |
| Production | Marshall Grant | Producer |
| Production | Stanley Rubin | Producer |
| Sound | William Lava | Music |
| Crew | William Bradford | Cinematography |
| Editing | Dann Cahn | Editor |
| Art | Eugène Lourié | Art Direction |
| Production | Rudolph E. Abel | Production Supervisor |