Dramatic Adaptations
There are at least twelve adaptations based on this book:
| Year | Title | Country | Director | Holmes | Watson |
| 1913 | Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four | USA | unknown | Harry Benham | x |
| 1923 | The Sign of Four | UK | Maurice Elvey | Eille Norwood | Arthur Cullin |
| 1932 | The Sign of Four | UK | Graham Cutts | Arthur Wontner | Ian Hunter |
| 1968 | The Sign of the Four | UK | William Sterling | Peter Cushing | Nigel Stock |
| 1974 | Das Zeichen der Vier (Le signe des quatre) | France/West Germany | Jean-Pierre Decourt | Rolf Becker | Roger Lumont |
| 1983 | The Sign of the Four | UK | Desmond Davis | Ian Richardson | David Healy |
| 1983 | Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four (animated) | Australia | Ian Mackenzie, Alex Nicholas | Peter O'Toole (voice) | Earle Cross (voice) |
| 1983 | Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sokrovishcha Agry (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Treasures of Agra) | USSR | Igor Maslennikov | Vasilij Livanov | Vitali Solomin |
| 1987 | The Sign of Four | UK | Peter Hammond | Jeremy Brett | Edward Hardwicke |
| 1991 | The Crucifer of Blood | USA | Fraser Clarke Heston | Charlton Heston | Richard Johnson |
| 2001 | The Sign of the Four | Canada | Rodney Gibbons | Matt Frewer | Kenneth Welsh |
| 2005 | Neekkam (The Move) | India | Biju Viswanath | unknown | unknown |
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