- HD 1080
- Runtime: 63m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Roy William Neill
- Stars: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Gale Sondergaard, Dennis Hoey, Vernon Downing
- keywords: suicide, casino, spider, roulette, compulsive gambling, pygmy, black and white, disguise, fake death, female villain, shooting gallery, female serial killer, sherlock holmes
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures
- Slogan: Grim mystery to hold you breathless!
- providers: FlixFling
- The The Spider Woman is featured in the top rankings of 1943
- #2 in Top Crime Movies of 1943
- #6 in Top Thriller Movies of 1943
- #2 in Top Mystery Movies of 1943
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".