Overview
Moriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl. But Moriarty has sworn that Holmes, Lt. Col. Gore-King of Scotland Yard, and his trial judge shall all be hanged too. When Moriarty escapes and proceeds to put his threat into operation, Holmes has to postpone his retirement.
Cast
- Clive Brook as Sherlock Holmes
- Miriam Jordan as Alice Faulkner
- Ernest Torrence as Professor James Moriarty
- Herbert Mundin as George
- Reginald Owen as Dr. Watson
- Alan Mowbray as Colonel Gore-King
- C. Montague Shaw as Judge
- Ivan F. Simpson as Faulkner
- Roy D'Arcy as Manuel Lopez (uncredited)
- John George as Bird Shop Thug (uncredited)