This is the second film in which we find Holmes and Watson away from the foggy streets of London, but despite the absence of their more familiar Baker Street they are both right at home! The location: a small lonely town in the then British Dominion of Quebec, Canada. The Crime: a fiendish and unnatural murder! Holmes and Watson are hot on the trail!

The Scarlet Claw is one of the few films to steer clear and be entirely independent of Doyle's canon. You will find nothing borrowed from the original stories here, and although held poorly by the critics, it stands today as one of the best in the series!