A Study In Scarlet

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From IMDb: In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members.

Society members start dropping like flies.

Sherlock Holmes is approached by member James Murphy's widow, who is miffed at being left penniless by her husband.

When Captain Pyke is shot, Holmes keys in on his mysterious Chinese widow as well as the shady Merrydew.

Other members keep dying--Malcom Dearing first, then Mr.

Baker.

Date : 1933
Cast : Reginald Owen - Sherlock Holmes
Anna May Wong - Mrs.

Pyke
June Clyde - Eileen Forrester
Alan Dinehart - Thaddeus Merrydew
Alan Mowbray - Lestrade
Warburton Gamble - John Watson (Sherlock Holmes)
Wyndham Standing - Captain Pyke
Halliwell Hobbes - Malcolm Dearing
Doris Lloyd - Mrs.

Murphy