---
title: 'A Study in Scarlet (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edwin L. Marin'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 71
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-study-in-scarlet-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024625/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Study in Scarlet (1933)

1933 · 71 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

A Study in Scarlet is a 1933 American pre-Code horror mystery thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title is taken from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Reginald Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-owen), [Robert Florey](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-florey)
- **Director:** [Edwin L. Marin](https://cinepixo.com/people/edwin-l-marin)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-bischoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Edeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-edeson)

## Cast

- [Billy Bevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bevan)
- [Alan Mowbray](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-mowbray) as Inspector Lestrade
- [Anna May Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-may-wong)
- [Halliwell Hobbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/halliwell-hobbes)
- [Tempe Pigott](https://cinepixo.com/people/tempe-pigott)
- [Warburton Gamble](https://cinepixo.com/people/warburton-gamble) as Dr. Watson
- [Reginald Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-owen) as Sherlock Holmes
- [J. M. Kerrigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-m-kerrigan)
- [Wyndham Standing](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-standing)
- [Harold Alan Dinehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-alan-dinehart)
- [June Clyde](https://cinepixo.com/people/june-clyde)
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)

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