Hunter, as the famed sidekick of the equally famous detective, becomes enraptured with Bevan. She's a young girl, alone in London after her father disappears. To compound her troubles a mysterious stranger has given her a lustrous pearl. Wontner first goes to the home of Lomas, "an oasis
of art in the howling desert of South London." (Supposedly this character in Conan Doyle's original story was modeled after Oscar Wilde.) Lomas is being given a hard time by a mysterious man as well, which puts Wontner on the trail of Soutten, a peg-legged crook with a Pygmy as an aide. The
mystery wraps up in an exciting speedboat chase down the Thames. Reaction to the second vers...
Released:
1932
Rated:
NR
Length:
63 mins