The Speckled Band

Raymond Massey, in his screen debut, essays the role of the great detective in this early Sherlock Holmes talkie. Based on the stage version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's tale, the story has Holmes and Watson (Athole Stewart) foiling the sinister scheme of Dr. Grimesby Rylott (Lyn Harding) to gain his stepdaughters' inheritance. With Nancy Price, Angela Baddeley. 50 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English.