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''The Sign of Four'' was the third in a series of five Sherlock Holmes films starring Wontner. The other instalments consisted of:
* ''Film/TheSleepingCardinal'' (1931)
* ''The Missing Rembrandt'' (1932, lost film)
* ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935, adapted from ''Literature/TheValleyOfFear'')
* ''Silver Blaze'' (1937, released in the US as ''Film/MurderAtTheBaskervilles'')
* ''Film/TheSleepingCardinal'' (1931)
* ''The Missing Rembrandt'' (1932, lost film)
* ''The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes'' (1935, adapted from ''Literature/TheValleyOfFear'')
* ''Silver Blaze'' (1937, released in the US as ''Film/MurderAtTheBaskervilles'')
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''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmses' Greatest Case'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Arthur Wontner, Creator/IanHunter and Graham Soutten. The film is based on Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's second Franchise/SherlockHolmes story ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour''. The film is also known as simply ''The Sign of Four''.
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''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmses' Holmes' Greatest Case'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Arthur Wontner, Creator/IanHunter and Graham Soutten. The film is based on Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's second Franchise/SherlockHolmes story ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour''. The film is also known as simply ''The Sign of Four''.
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''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmses' Greatest Case'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter and Graham Soutten. The film is based on Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's second Franchise/SherlockHolmes story ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour''. The film is also known as simply ''The Sign of Four''.
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''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmses' Greatest Case'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter Creator/IanHunter and Graham Soutten. The film is based on Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's second Franchise/SherlockHolmes story ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour''. The film is also known as simply ''The Sign of Four''.
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* BoundAndGagged: May is bound and gagged when she is kidnapped from the funfair and bundled into a car.
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* BoundAndGagged: May Mary is bound and gagged when she is kidnapped from the funfair and bundled into a car.
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* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Tonga wears several snakes round his neck as part of his 'Snake Man' act at the funfair. He seems fond it and even wears a snake when he is not on stage.
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* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Tonga wears several snakes round his neck as part of his 'Snake Man' act at the funfair. He seems fond of it and even wears a snake when he is not on stage.
* HellholePrison: Although not a lot of it is seen on-screen, everything indicates that prison in the Andaman Islands where Small was being held was one of these; especially as he was being kept in solitary confinement.
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* RansackedRoom: Thaddeus Sholto arrives home to find the house servant BoundAndGagged, and the library ransacked: books thrown off shelves, furniture broken, chairs slashed, etc. Presumably the rest of the house is in a similar state but the library is he only room shown.
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* RansackedRoom: Thaddeus Sholto arrives home to find the house servant BoundAndGagged, and the library ransacked: books thrown off shelves, furniture broken, chairs slashed, etc. Presumably the rest of the house is in a similar state but the library is he the only room shown.
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* EvilCripple: Jonathan Small has a wooden leg.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Inspector Atherly Jones makes most portrayals of Lestrade look like a member of Mensa. His first solution to the murder would, as Holmes points out, have involved the dead man getting of chair, locking the door and sitting down again.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Inspector Atherly Jones makes most portrayals of Lestrade look like a member of Mensa. His first solution to the murder would, as Holmes points out, have involved the dead man getting of his chair, locking the door and sitting down again.
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* FourthDateMarriage: Watson proposes to Mary at the end of what has been essentially one very long day.
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* WardensAreEvil: Major Sholto is the warden of the prison where Jonathan Small is being held. He makes a deal with Small that he and Captain Morstan will retrive Small's hidden loot, then arrange Small's release and split the loot with him. Instead Sholto murders Marston, steals the loot, and leaves Small to rot in the HellholePrison.
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* WardensAreEvil: Major Sholto is the warden of the prison where Jonathan Small is being held. He makes a deal with Small that he and Captain Morstan will retrive retrieve Small's hidden loot, then arrange Small's release and split the loot with him. Instead Sholto murders Marston, steals the loot, and leaves Small to rot in the HellholePrison.
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* RedRightHand: Jonathan Small as a wooden leg, while the Tattooed Man [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin is covered head to toe in tattoos]].
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* HandicappedBadass: The BigBad Jonathan Small has a wooden leg. This slows him down hardly at all, and he is very adept at using [[ArmedLegs the peg-leg as a weapon]].
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* ArtificalLimbs: Jonathan Small has a wooden leg which he is adept at [[ArmedLegs using as a weapon]].
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* ArtificalLimbs: Jonathan Small has a wooden leg which he is adept at [[ArmedLegs using as a weapon]].
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* TreasureMap: Small gives Sholto and Marston a map indicating where the treasure is hidden in the fortress. After Sholto murders Marston, the map ends up in Marston's personal effects and is eventually passed on to his daughter. She gives it to Holmes who is able to deduce from it what this case is really about.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Inspector Atherly Jones makes most portrayals of Lestrade look like a member of Mensa. His first solution to the murder would, as Holmes points out, have involved the dead man getting of chair, locking the door and sitting down again.
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* HellIsThatNoise: The distinctive, rhythmic clopping sound of Small's wooden leg is enough to drive Major Sholto to near-insanity.
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* FeetFirstIntroduction: The first shot of the BigBad Jonathan Small is his wooden leg--making its distinctive clopping sound--striding along the prison corridor towards Major Sholto's office.
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* RansackedRoom: Thaddeus Sholto arrives home to find the house servant BoundAndGagged, and the library ransacked: books thrown off shelves, furniture broken, chairs slashed, etc. Presumably the rest of the house is in a similar state but the library is he only room shown.
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* DisneyVillainDeath: Small plunges the through the trapdoor in the warehouse into the river.
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* FrightDeathtrap: Small is able to frighten Major Sholto to death just by leering through the window at him.
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''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmses' Greatest Case'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Arthur Wontner, Ian Hunter and Graham Soutten. The film is based on Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's second Franchise/SherlockHolmes story ''Literature/TheSignOfTheFour''. The film is also known as simply ''The Sign of Four''.
A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
!!Tropes used in ''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case'' include:
* ArmedLegs: Jonathan Small is an expert at using his wooden leg as a weapon, and bludgeons several characters with it, including Holmes.
* BlowGun: Tonga is an expert with the blowgun and uses it to murder Bartholomew Sholto.
* BoundAndGagged: May is bound and gagged when she is kidnapped from the funfair and bundled into a car.
* DangerouslyCloseShave: The Tattooed Man is giving Small a shave when he nicks him with the razor. He then claims that it is the fault of the safety razor and that Small should let him have a go with a straight razor. Small is having none of it.
* DetectivesFollowFootprints: Holmes follows the track of Small's peg-leg across the carpet in the study, and the prints of Tonga's bare feet through the attic.
* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Tonga wears several snakes round his neck as part of his 'Snake Man' act at the funfair. He seems fond it and even wears a snake when he is not on stage.
* FourthDateMarriage: Watson proposes to Mary at the end of what has been essentially one very long day.
* {{Greed}}: It is greed that drives Major Sholto to murder Captain Morstan and keep all of the jewels for himself.
* TattooedCrook: Small's partner the Tattooed Man escaped from prison with him. He has his entire body covered with tattoos to disguise his appearance and works as a tattooed man at the funfair.
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A young woman turns to Sherlock Holmes for protection when she's menaced by an escaped killer seeking missing treasure. However, when the woman is kidnapped, Holmes and Watson must penetrate the city's criminal underworld to find her.
!!Tropes used in ''The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case'' include:
* ArmedLegs: Jonathan Small is an expert at using his wooden leg as a weapon, and bludgeons several characters with it, including Holmes.
* BlowGun: Tonga is an expert with the blowgun and uses it to murder Bartholomew Sholto.
* BoundAndGagged: May is bound and gagged when she is kidnapped from the funfair and bundled into a car.
* DangerouslyCloseShave: The Tattooed Man is giving Small a shave when he nicks him with the razor. He then claims that it is the fault of the safety razor and that Small should let him have a go with a straight razor. Small is having none of it.
* DetectivesFollowFootprints: Holmes follows the track of Small's peg-leg across the carpet in the study, and the prints of Tonga's bare feet through the attic.
* FeatherBoaConstrictor: Tonga wears several snakes round his neck as part of his 'Snake Man' act at the funfair. He seems fond it and even wears a snake when he is not on stage.
* FourthDateMarriage: Watson proposes to Mary at the end of what has been essentially one very long day.
* {{Greed}}: It is greed that drives Major Sholto to murder Captain Morstan and keep all of the jewels for himself.
* TattooedCrook: Small's partner the Tattooed Man escaped from prison with him. He has his entire body covered with tattoos to disguise his appearance and works as a tattooed man at the funfair.
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