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The Woman in Green is a 1945 film starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. It is the eleventh film in the Rathbone - Holmes series.

Detailed Synopsis:

Several woman are murdered with their forefingers served. And Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to the scene. At first, Sherlock Holmes is baffled. A man named Sir George Fenwick is hypnotized and thinks he is responsible for the crimes. He is certain he did it after waking up and having a forefinger in his pocket. His daughter comes to Holmes not knowing Moriarty's henchmen are following her. She tells Holmes that she saw her father burying a forefinger under a pile of soil. She has dug up the forefinger and shows it to them.


Fenwick is later found dead. Probably by somebody to keep him from talking. Holmes that that Moriarty, who was supposed to have been hanged, is responsible for the crimes.


Holmes makes friends with Lydia, whom he had previously seen with Sir George at a restaurant, suspecting that is she is working with Moriarty. She takes him to her house, where he is hypnotized. Moriarty enters and tells Holmes to write a suicide note , walk out of Lydia's apartment onto the ledge, and jump off.


Watson and the police come and grab Moriarty and Lydia. Holmes then reveals he was never really hypnotized. Moriarty then escapes from the police and jumps from the top of Lydia's house to another building. He grabs a pipe on the other building which then comes loose, and he falls.

Cast:

Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes	Nigel Bruce Dr. Watson	Hillary Brooke Lydia Marlowe
Henry Danniell Professor Moriarty	Paul Cavanagh Sir George Fanwick	Mary Gordon Mrs. Hudson

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Essentials Directed by: Roy William Neill Written by: Bertram Millhauser Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Release Date: July 27, 1945 Run Time: 68 Minutes