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The Spider Woman
The Spider Woman
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1943
1h 3m
7.0(104 votes)
Mystery
Crime
Thriller

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Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider.

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