Moriarty is sentenced to death, and Sherlock Holmes prepares to retire to the country and marry his girl. But Moriarty has sworn that Holmes, Lt. Col. Gore-King of Scotland Yard, and his trial judge shall all be hanged too. When Moriarty escapes and proceeds to put his threat into operation, Holmes has to postpone his retirement.
Clive Brook
as Sherlock Holmes
Miriam Jordan
as Alice Faulkner
Ernest Torrence
as Professor James Moriarty
Herbert Mundin
as George
Reginald Owen
as Dr. Watson
Alan Mowbray
as Colonel Gore-King
C. Montague Shaw
as Judge
Ivan F. Simpson
as Faulkner
Roy D'Arcy
as Manuel Lopez (uncredited)
John George
as Bird Shop Thug (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
as Secretary to Erskine (uncredited)
Howard Leeds
as Little Billy
