The Pearl of Death (1944)
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Directors
Roy William Neill
Cast
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers, Dennis Hoey, Miles Mander
The story
Master criminal Giles Conover (Miles Mander) steals the famous "Borgia Pearl" from the Royal Regent Museum under the very nose of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, but when Mander is caught the pearl is not found on him and he is released. Later, Holmes hears of an apparently motiveless murder.
Genres
Detective Film, mystery film
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