With an involved, detailed mystery and an elegant adversary played by Gale Sondergaard, this is one of the most entertaining features in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The story gets a little far-fetched, but it is quite interesting. It is loaded with plot devices pulled from several different Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and it's interesting to see how many you can catch. It also features the usual pleasant camaraderie between Rathbone and Bruce, plus Dennis Hoey as Inspector Lestrade. As The Spider Woman, Sondergaard creates a memorable opponent for Holmes. The slightly exaggerated role cannot have been much of a challenge for such a fine actress, but she puts her heart into it, and looks as if she is enjoying herself - as her character certainly is. By creating such a dynamic character, she also helps make the complicated story seem more plausible, and it creates a worthy challenge for Holmes. The movie also contains the amusing bits of dialogue and detail that characterized so many of the movies in the series. The climactic sequence, in particular, is a very good combination of suspense and wit. It is a fitting way to cap off an enjoyable entry in the popular series.
With an involved detailed mystery and an elegant adversary played by Gale Sondergaard this is one of the most entertaining features in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The story gets a little far-fetched but it is quite interesting. It is loaded with plot devices pulled from several different Arthur Conan Doyle stories and it's i...
平庸了一点，巴兹尔·拉斯伯恩还算出彩，剧情上大多都是小说里的老桥段了，引入了一个蛇蝎美人的角色，算是个亮点，最后打靶的那段戏有意思
这才是好的改编。本片情节段落分别来自《空屋》、《魔鬼之足》、《四签名》、《红寡妇》（小柯南道尔的同人作品，基本是《斑点带子案》的重写），以一种极为巧妙精致的方式糅合在一起（也直接启发了BBC现代版的编剧）。华生难得在这个系列里不蠢笨一回。高潮段落那个打靶游戏太有趣了。
BR-9。很棒呀，一个小时之内融合了《最后一案》《空屋》《斑点带子》《四签名》和《魔鬼之足》，反派蛇（zhi）蝎（zhu）女的形象很经典，与福尔摩斯棋逢对手。华生没以前那么蠢了，就显得很可爱。雷斯垂德背后感激老福，老福一出现又和他拌嘴。BR福一如既往地冷静和处变不惊。
