A killer snake, a locked room, and Holmes at his most theatrical — in 27 minutes flat.
Sherlock Holmes gets the clues he needs to solve a murder, and to prevent another one from occurring, when he finds out that a doctor owns a poisonous snake--the deadly swamp adder. Filmed on the expensive sets leftover from the movie Joan of Arc at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City and produced for the "Your Show Time" series, the short has been released as a solo feature on many DVDs that chronicle classic Sherlock Holmes films..
Acting
Alan Napier's theatrical, almost camp Holmes — decades before Alfred Pennyworth.
Production
Ingrid Bergman's medieval France becomes Victorian England on a shoestring.
Director
Sobey Martin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The elaborate sets were originally built for Ingrid Bergman's 'Joan of Arc' (1948), costing $2.6 million — this short got them for pocket change.
This was the first filmed adaptation of Doyle's favorite Holmes story, beaten to release by a 1931 British version starring Raymond Massey.
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