The Spider Woman - 1944 - 6/10
Following a series of strange suicides, Sherlock Holmes fakes his own death.
The victims were men, short of cash, and inveterate gamblers.
When they lose everything, they check out.
Holmes soon zeroes in on one Adrea Spedding, adventuress.
This Sherlock film is a patchwork of several Doyle stories.
Best, however, is Gale Sondergaard as the “female Moriarty”, although she more resembles Madame Sara (“The Sorceress Of The Strand” by L. T. Meade).