---
title: 'The Scarlet Claw (1944)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy William Neill'
released: '1944-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 74
genres:
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-scarlet-claw-1944'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037248/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Scarlet Claw (1944)

1944 · 74 min · Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

The Scarlet Claw is a 1944 American mystery thriller film based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, it is the eighth film of the Rathbone/Bruce series. David Stuart Davies notes on the film's DVD audio commentary that it is generally considered by critics and fans of the series to be the best of the twelve Holmes films made by Universal. There are parallels with Conan Doyle's novel The Hound of the Baskervilles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy William Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-william-neill)
- **Screenplay:** [Roy William Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-william-neill)
- **Producer:** [Roy William Neill](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-william-neill)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Sawtell](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-sawtell)

## Cast

- [Miles Mander](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-mander)
- [Basil Rathbone](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-rathbone) as Sherlock Holmes
- [Ian Wolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-wolfe)
- [Paul Cavanagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-cavanagh)
- [Arthur Hohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hohl)
- [Victoria Horne](https://cinepixo.com/people/victoria-horne)
- [Nigel Bruce](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-bruce) as Dr. Watson

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