A Study in Scarlet is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original. Cast Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke June Clyde as Eileen Forrester Alan Dinehart as Thaddeus Merrydew John Warburton as John Stanford Alan Mowbray as Lestrade Warburton Gamble as Dr. Watson J. M. Kerrigan as Jabez Wilson Wyndham Standing as Captain Pyke Billy Bevan as Will Swallow Leila Bennett as Daffy Dolly Halliwell Hobbes as Malcolm Dearing Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Murphy Hobart Cavanaugh as Thompson (uncredited) Olaf Hytten as Merrydew's Butler (uncredited) Tetsu Komai as Ah Yet Tempe Pigott as Mrs. Hudson Cecil Reynolds at IMDb as William Baker
A Study in Scarlet is a 1933 American Pre-Code mystery thriller film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes and Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke. The title comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel of the same name, the first in the Holmes series, but the screenplay by Robert Florey was original. Cast Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes Anna May Wong as Mrs. Pyke June Clyde as Eileen Forrester Alan Dinehart as Thaddeus Merrydew John Warburton as John Stanford Alan Mowbray as Lestrade Warburton Gamble as Dr. Watson J. M. Kerrigan as Jabez Wilson Wyndham Standing as Captain Pyke Billy Bevan as Will Swallow Leila Bennett as Daffy Dolly Halliwell Hobbes as Malcolm Dearing Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Murphy Hobart Cavanaugh as Thompson (uncredited) Olaf Hytten as Merrydew's Butler (uncredited) Tetsu Komai as Ah Yet Tempe Pigott as Mrs. Hudson Cecil Reynolds at IMDb as William Baker