A young woman turns to 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.

A killer distracts his victims with a hideous face

'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)

“Criminologist stages the theft of a picture to thwart his son's ambitions to be a detective.” - BFI.

A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance.

Two women of different social backgrounds work together in a dressmakers.

Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning.