A man runs for his life across the moors, breathless and frightened. Behind him we hear the baying of a hound, a sound so fearful it chills the soul. The man falls. From the desolate rocky nightscape another man peers: he is bearded and rough looking, perhaps a convict from the nearby prison.... Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce .. Read more
| Starring | Basil Rathbone, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce |
|---|---|
| Director | Sidney Lanfield |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
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A man runs for his life across the moors, breathless and frightened. Behind him we hear the baying of a hound, a sound so fearful it chills the soul. The man falls. From the desolate rocky nightscape another man peers: he is bearded and rough looking, perhaps a convict from the nearby prison.... Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in their first outing as Holmes and Watson in this celebrated adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
| Starring | Basil Rathbone, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Nigel Bruce, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Beryl Mercer |
|---|---|
| Director | Sidney Lanfield |
| Studio | ORBIT MEDIA LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 20 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Collections | 100 Horror Films |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | None |
| Hearing-impaired | None |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | Production year: 1939 To Rent: DVD: To be confirmed |
Basil Rathbone's first appearance as Sherlock Holmes is in a painstaking studio production which achieves good atmosphere and preserves the flavour if not the letter of the book but is let down by a curious lack of pace.
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The best of the best Sherlock Holmes films
The Hound of the Baskervilles, This for me is the best Sherlock Holmes film; no one for me played Sherlock Holmes like Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Dr. ... read more »
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murky
I can only echo other reviewers comments regarding the film itself - terrific - the best Rathbone/Holmes movie. The transfer however is pretty awful. When are ... read more »
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Best in show
Curious deaths, escaped convicts, Grimpen Mire, 'the footprints of a gigantic hound', stolen shoes, late-night signalling - you know the plot. (If not... read more »
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one of the better versions
this basil rathbone version of hound of the baskervilles is better than most i've seen and a million times better than the god awful peter cushing and ... read more »
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