The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Plot Summary

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..

Top Cast

Arthur Shields The Bookshop Man

Alan Napier Sherlock Holmes

Evelyn Ankers Miss Stoner

Melville Cooper Dr. John H. Watson

Edgar Barrier Dr. Grimesby Roylott