Sherlock Holmes - The Hound Of The Baskervilles
1959
From Hammer House studios, this 1959 version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes book stars Peter Cushing as Holmes and Andre Morell as Dr. Watson. A spectral hound is loose on the moor, intent on eating the lastest heir to the Baskerville estate. Only one man has a chance of stopping it carrying out its grisly .. Read more
| Starring | Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee |
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| Director | Terence Fisher |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Sherlock Holmes - The Hound Of The Baskervilles
From Hammer House studios, this 1959 version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes book stars Peter Cushing as Holmes and Andre Morell as Dr. Watson. A spectral hound is loose on the moor, intent on eating the lastest heir to the Baskerville estate. Only one man has a chance of stopping it carrying out its grisly mission; Sherlock Holmes.
| Starring | Peter Cushing, Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Christopher Lee, John Le Mesurier |
|---|---|
| Director | Terence Fisher |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 23 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Oct 2003 Production year: 1959 |
| Format | DVD |
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The best Sherlock Holmes film ever made, and one of Hammer's finest movies. Fisher, at the peak of his career, used... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Excellent Hammer Entertainment!
After their success with The Horror of Dracula, Terence Fisher, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee would come together again to great success with this fine entry into the Hammer series. I have to confess to never having read the original novel or ever seeing another Hound of the Baskervilles film, so this tale of mystery is completely new to me. Peter Cushing stars as the eccentric Sherlock Holmes; one of the most famous detectives ever written. He is called in when the lord of the Baskerville family is found dead on the moors, in a way that appears to be reminiscent of the way the former lord of the family was found dead. This ties in with a mythical curse on the family, which tells of a vengeful ghost known as the hound of hell. The film starts as it means to go on; with an atmospheric and mysterious telling of how the curse on the family came about and from the beginning until the end; this is a macabre, but not violent, tension filled tale of terror that is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Peter Cushing has had the pleasure of playing many of literature's finest characters - Baron Frankenstein and Van Helsing among others, and he brings just the right amount of eccentricity, panache and arrogance to this one; Sherlock Holmes. In fact, this is arguably his best performance ever as this role fits him like a glove. He is given excellent support by Andr? Morell (Plague of the Zombies), who brings class to the role of Dr Watson; Sherlock Holmes' friend and fellow investigator. The fantastic Christopher Lee tops off the cast excellently, and as usual approaches his role with the great charm and charisma that horror fans have come to expect from him. Lee wasn't as big a star when this film was released as he went on to be, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that this was one of the roles (along with Count Dracula, obviously) that won him the acclaim that allowed him to go on to become the first billed star for many of Hammer's later films. Terence Fisher deserves much of the praise for the fact that this film turned out well; his rural sets and macabre atmosphere help turn this tale into a fascinating ride and he executes all the sequences wonderfully, so that the finished product is an exciting and invigorating piece of film. Well done, I say. -
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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Wrong version!
Am confused. Just watched this DVD and it was the BBC version - two-part story starring Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock. I wondered why the other reviews were more exciting then this dvd. Definately no Christopher Lee. No one else had this mistake by the looks of it. Oh well.
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