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The Pearl of Death

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Today's Watching the Detectives programmes begin with a crime mystery film. Holmes and Watson come up against a murderous crook known as the "Creeper" when they attempt to recover a pearl that Holmes believes has been stolen by the villainous Giles Conover. Review page 63.
Director Roy William Neill (1944) (BW)

Contributors

Unknown:
Giles Conover.
Director:
Roy William Neill
Sherlock Holmes:
Basil Rathbone
Dr Watson:
Nigel Bruce
Naomi Drake:
Evelyn Ankers
Inspector Lestrade:
Dennis Hoey
Giles Conover:
Miles Mander
Creeper:
Rondo Hatton
AmosHodder:
Ian Wolfe
Digby:
Charles Francis
James Goodram:
Holmes Herbert
Bates:
Richard Nugent
Mrs Hudson:
Mary Gordon
Source: Radio Times

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