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The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case is a British film of genre Thriller directed by Graham Cuts released in USA on 14 august 1932 with Arthur Wontner
The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case (1932)
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Add to a movie listThe Sign of Four is a 1932 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter and Graham Soutten. The film is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's second Sherlock Holmes story The Sign of the Four and was made at Ealing Studios.
The film is also known as The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case.
A young woman needs Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's tormented by an escaped killer. However, when the woman is abducted, Holmes and Watson must infiltrate the city's criminal underworld to track down the young woman.
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Jonathan Small, a prisoner serving a lengthy sentence on the Andaman Islands cuts a deal with two army officers, Major Sholto and Captain Morstan, in command of the prison. He reveals the location of a stash of loot in exchange for their help in helping him to escape from jail. The proceeds are to be split equally between the three of them.Actors
Arthur Wontner
(Sherlock Holmes)
Ian Hunter
(Dr. John Watson)
Miles Malleson
(Thaddeus Sholto)
Herbert Lomas
(Maj. John Sholto)
Roy Emerton
(The Tattooed Man)
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