The Spider Woman

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Actors: Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Mary Gordon , Arthur Hohl , Dennis Hoey , Gale Sondergaard , Alec Craig , Vernon Downing

Director: Roy William Neill

IMDB Rate: 7.5 out of 10 (1663 votes)

Plot Summary:Alarmed by a series of baffling suicides of prominent gamblers popularly dubbed The Pajama Murders by the newspapers, Holmes fakes his own death and assumes the identity of Rajni Singh, a retired Indian military man with a paralyzed arm. After losing a large sum in a casino and writing a bad check to cover his losses, he appears to try to take his own life. He is prevented by the mysterious and sophisticated Andrea Spedding with an offer of a loan with his life insurance policy as collateral. Shortly thereafter, there is an attempt on his life with a rare but deadly spider with the only other clue a childs footprint. A resurfaced Holmes consults arachniolgists in an effort to solve the mystery.