"The best of the Sherlocks!" -Newsweek "Peter Cushing is a splendid Holmes" (Daily Mirror) and "Andre Morell is the perfect Dr. Watson" (Daily Herald) in this terror filled mystery classic co-starring horror legend Christopher Lee. With its "compelling acting and spooky cinematography" (Video Movie Guide), this "rattling good movie" (Newsweek) will keep you guessing - and gasping - until the final frame! A fiendish evil lurks beneath the mist-shrouded cliffs of England's fabled moors. In the form of a hellish hound, it feeds upon the trembling flesh of the heirs of Baskerville Hall. But before this savage beast can sink its teeth into the newest lord of the manor, it must pit its vicious fangs against the searing intellect of the most powerful foe it has ever encountered - the incomparable Sherlock Holmes.

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

Mystery/Drama/Crime/Suspense/Thriller · 1h 27m · 7/3/1959

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"The best of the Sherlocks!" -Newsweek "Peter Cushing is a splendid Holmes" (Daily Mirror) and "Andre Morell is the perfect Dr. Watson" (Daily Herald) in this terror filled mystery classic co-starring horror legend Christopher Lee. With its "compelling acting and spooky cinematography" (Video Movie Guide), this "rattling good movie" (Newsweek) will keep you guessing - and gasping - until the final frame! A fiendish evil lurks beneath the mist-shrouded cliffs of England's fabled moors. In the form of a hellish hound, it feeds upon the trembling flesh of the heirs of Baskerville Hall. But before this savage beast can sink its teeth into the newest lord of the manor, it must pit its vicious fangs against the searing intellect of the most powerful foe it has ever encountered - the incomparable Sherlock Holmes.

Streaming Rank Today: 21746 7

Status

Released

Languages

English, Spanish

Country

United Kingdom

Production Company

Hammer Film Productions
Source
Cast
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Peter Cushing

Sherlock Holmes
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André Morell

Doctor John Watson
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Christopher Lee

Sir Henry Baskerville
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Marla Landi

Cecile Stapleton
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David Oxley

Sir Hugo Baskerville
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Francis De Wolff

Doctor Richard Mortimer (as Francis de Wolff)
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Miles Malleson

Bishop Frankland
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Ewen Solon

Stapleton
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John Le Mesurier

Barrymore
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Helen Goss

Mrs. Barrymore
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Sam Kydd

Perkins
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Michael Hawkins

Lord Caphill
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Judi Moyens

Servant Girl
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Michael Mulcaster

Seldon (convict)
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David Birks

Servant
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Elizabeth Dott

Mrs. Goodlippe (uncredited)
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Ian Hewitson

Lord Kingsblood (uncredited)
Crew
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Terence Fisher

Director
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Arthur Conan Doyle

Writer
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Peter Bryan

Writer
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Disc Releases
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

(DVD, Keep Case (Std.))

5/7/2002

$31.58

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

(DVD)

9/3/2024

Disc Title Front Cover

The Hound of the Baskervilles

(DVD)

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

(Blu-ray)

9/3/2024

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

(Blu-ray, Keep Case (HD Slim, Low))

6/14/2016

$149.99

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