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The Sign of Four (1923)

The Sign of Four poster
Directed by
Maurice Elvey
Genre
silent film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Sherlock Holmes investigates a case involving a missing treasure and a one-legged man. He works with Dr Watson to solve a mystery tied to a secret pact.

old-fashionedmysteriousstatelyquietlogicalmoodyadventuroussuspenseful

What happens

The Sign of Four is a 1923 British silent mystery film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Isobel Elsom and Fred Raynham. The film is based on the 1890 novel The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, and was one of a series of Sherlock Holmes films starring Norwood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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