Posts Tagged ‘pygmy’

Spider Woman, The (1944)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Rathbone, Basil | Bruce, Nigel | Sondergaard, Gale | Hoey, Dennis | Downing, Vernon | Craig, Alec | Hohl, Arthur | Gordon, Mary | Infuhr, Teddy | Benge, Wilson | Burton, John | Cording, Harry | Logan, Stanley | Roche, John | Rogers, John
Directors: Neill, Roy William
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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 child’s footprint. A resurfaced Holmes consults arachniolgists in an effort to solve the mystery.