The Spider Woman (1944)

Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Alec Craig, Arthur Hohl, Basil Rathbone, Dennis Hoey, Gale Sondergaard, Mary Gordon, Nigel Bruce, Vernon Downing

Synopsis:

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called “pajama suicides”. He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on “The Sign of Four” and the short stories “The Dying Detective”, “The Final Problem”, “The Speckled Band” and “The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot”.