Who is killing women around London and then mutilating the corpses by cutting off fingers? Sherlock Holmes suspects that this is more than just the actions of a madman, but if so, what is the purpose, and who is behind the fiendish actions? The case proves perhaps more thriller than mystery, as the viewer soon learns the answers to those questions, and the enjoyment comes in watching the great detective maneuver to outwit a very dangerous foe and put an end to the menace hanging over the city.

  Recommended. Otto finds this one pleasing enough to relax.

Movie 69 for 2021.