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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate. Director:Sidney Lanfield |
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Wendy Barrie | ... | |
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Nigel Bruce | ... | |
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Barlowe Borland | ... | |
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Beryl Mercer | ... | |
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Morton Lowry | ... | |
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Ralph Forbes | ... | |
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E.E. Clive | ... | |
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Eily Malyon | ... | |
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Lionel Pape | ... | |
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Nigel De Brulier | ... |
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Mary Gordon | ... | |
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On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound. First casting of Rathbone and Bruce as Holmes and Watson. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Le chien des Baskerville See more »Company Credits
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1.37 : 1
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Watson's revolver in this film is easily identifiable as a Colt Single Action Army, aka the Peacemaker, widely identified with the American "Wild West." However, over 5300 of these were sold in England through Colt's Pall Mall agent between 1874 and 1912, and were chambered in nearly every caliber approved by the British Army. Since officers (like Watson) purchased their own sidearms, this is, somewhat counter-intuitively, one of the more realistic choices made by a film maker of what Watson's service revolver might have actually been. See more »Goofs
Anachronisms: The film is set in 1889, but Holmes searches the moor with a flashlight in his hand. Flashlights hadn't been invented yet (the U.S. patent was issued in 1902). See more »Quotes
James Mortimer, M.D.: Mr. Holmes, you're the one man in all England who can help me... I am in mortal fear that Sir Henry's life will be snuffed out.See more »
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