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Director:
Barry Crane
Writers:
Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)
Robert E. Thompson (writer)
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Release Date:
12 February 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Horror | Mystery more
Plot:
Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, try to solve the murder of the heir to the Baskerville fortune. | add synopsis
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Not the real thing more (9 total)

Cast

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Stewart Granger ... Sherlock Holmes
Bernard Fox ... Dr. Watson

William Shatner ... George Stapleton
Anthony Zerbe ... Dr. John Mortimer
Sally Ann Howes ... Laura Frankland

Jane Merrow ... Beryl Stapleton
Ian Ireland ... Sir Henry Baskerville
John Williams ... Arthur Frankland
Alan Caillou ... Inspector Lestrade
Brendan Dillon ... Barrymore
Arline Anderson ... Eliza Barrymore
Liam Dunn ... Messenger
Michael St. Clair ... Constable
Barry Bernard ... Manager
Constance Cavendish ... Eel Monger
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Also Known As:
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Runtime:
74 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Universal TV more

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Not the real thing, 19 June 2001
Author: cdj_berlin from Berlin, Germany

And that is understated! The film does take a lot of liberty with the original story. But not only that. Stewart Granger who might not be a bad actor after all is certainly not a Shelock Holmes. And who in those days would have appointed a person as looking like Mortimer as Medical officer of any district in those days. I mean - why create a mysterious character where there is no need of one. One thing however is remarkable in this case. According to the book Mortimer is "a fellow under thirty". Anthony Zerbe was 36 when this film was made. Still older than the original Mortimer yet younger than Lionel Atwill in the film from '39 who was then 54 or Francis de Wolff who was 46 in ‘59 when Terence Fisher chose to make his film or Denholm Elliot in the '83 version who was then already 61. The Set has been commented on in several critics and there is nothing much to add to this. The costumes are all right, I guess (even if it seems that the whole male population of London was wearing Inverness Capes) but why did Holmes have to wear that ridiculous Bow-Tie in the beginning. One thing however should be mentioned: Bernard Fox. I have not seen any other performances of his but I did like him as Watson. He is not quite the bumbler as in many other Holmes films but has in fact some rather bright moments in this one. Anyway he is not unlike the Paget Watson.

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