One of the best entries in Universal's Holmes series. Moody and well-plotted, with a bravura performance from familiar-faced character actor Hamer working overtime in a triple role.

Fixes some of the problems I have with Hound of the Baskervilles (Holme's absences from the 2nd Act), but dismisses the supernatural bit too early as well as solving the mystery long before the 3rd Act. In the end we're left tying up a minor loose end which makes for a dull Finale. An interesting script that fixes earlier problems but then makes others. Overall it's still one of the better ones.

I may never watch this again, and it suffers from some questionable acting at times from minor actors, but this is nonetheless an engaging and solid take on the famous character. While I remember English actor Jeremy Brett, in a Granada TV series, being a superior version of Sherlock Holmes from my adolescence, Basil Rathbone does an admirable job. The use of shadows out of film noir was a great idea; I'm not so sure about the out-of-place pro-Canadian coda to the film however.

Possibly the best of the modernized Sherlock Holmes series, with a plot hastily borrowed from _The Hound of the Baskervilles_.

The best and most authentic of the Sherlock Holmes series.

Not one of my favorite entries into the Holmes saga.

A fine, surprisingly dark Holmes whodunit with a brisk pace. Watson's endless buffoonery is annoying, however, and I don't particularly care for the modernization of the Holmes universe. Also, the movie is capped off with a very odd pro-Canada coda.