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The Speckled Band is a British film of genre Drama released in USA on 6 november 1931 with Raymond Massey
The Speckled Band (1931)
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Add to a movie listThe Speckled Band is a 1931 British film directed by Jack Raymond and an adaption of Arthur Conan Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", which features Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson investigating the fears of a young woman and the suspicious death of her sister.
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The film begins on the Rylott estate with gypsies camping on the grounds. Inside the mansion, Violet Stonor screams in her bedroom and then collapses in the hallway. She is discovered by her sister Helen (Angela Baddeley). Violet's dying words are "the band, speckled." She then dies and their stepfather Dr. Grimesby Rylott (Lyn Harding) arrives.Actors
Raymond Massey
(Sherlock Holmes)
Angela Baddeley
(Helen Stonor)
Nancy Price
(Mrs. Staunton)
Athole Stewart
(Dr. John Watson)
Marie Ault
(Mrs. Hudson (uncredited))
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