Teddy Arundell

'The story of Lady Dedlock's secret and the tragic consequences of its exposure.' (British Film Institute)

A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.

A London lady comes to Holmes in curiosity about her newest lodger. After first renting the room, arranging for meals and newspaper to be left at the door, and paying a very high fee, he disappears completely. Or, is it someone else now inside the room?

Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer:

'Lady marries horse trainer but withholds herself until crippled brother is cured.' (British Film Catalogue)

A decadent tale of drugs and the London underworld the cosseted daughter of a respectable businessman - in fact head of a cocaine racket - succumbs to the pleasures of drink and drugs. Vivid nightlife scenes recreate the interwar world of flappers and hedonists; the dapper club owner and seedy street dealers.

An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.