In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies.
This version tries to stay reasonably close to Doyle's original, But note they got Sherlock's famous Baker Street address wrong!.
Despite her billing, Anna May Wong only appears on screen for less than ten minutes. Reginald Owen had played Dr. Watson in Sherlock Holmes the previous year. Owen was one of a small number of actors to play both Holmes and Watson.