The Man with the Twisted Lip | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Written by | William J. Elliott |
Based on | "The Man with the Twisted Lip" by Arthur Conan Doyle |
Produced by | Jeffrey Bernerd |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Germain Burger |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Stoll Picture Productions (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 2 reels; [1] 2411 feet [2] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | Silent with English titles |
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Sherlock Holmes discovers that the case of the Mrs. Neville St. Clair's missing husband may be connected to a disfigured beggar from Piccadilly Circus, known as "the man with the twisted lip".
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