The Speckled Band (1931 film) Rylott screams. Holmes, Watson, and Helen enter his room and discover Rylott dead from a snake bite. Holmes forces Ali, the servant, to charm the snake so they can put it in the safe. Violet's last words about a "speckled band" were in fact describing "a swamp adder, the deadliest snake in India." The venomous snake had been sent to Violet's room by Dr. Rylott to murder her for her inheritance. Rylott had intended to do the same to Helen. The movie ends with Holmes conducting an experiment in Baker Street. Watson arrives dressed for a wedding, and Holmes therefore
The Landlady (short story) Awards. This was the second time Dahl was honoured, the first having been for his collection of short stories, "Someone Like You" (Best Short Story, 1954). The Landlady (short story) "The Landlady" is a short horror story by Roald Dahl. It initially appeared in "The New Yorker", as did other short stories that would later be reprinted in the 1960 anthology, "Kiss Kiss". 17-year-old Billy Weaver travels from London to Bath, by himself, on a work matter when he stops for the night at a quaint bed-and-breakfast. The landlady is a kind older woman who Billy comes to suspect is