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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

85 min  -  Comedy | Crime | Horror  -   November 1980 (USA)
4.6
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Reviews: 25 user | 4 critic

Director:

Paul Morrissey

Writers:

Peter Cook (screenplay), Dudley Moore (screenplay), and 2 more credits »

Stars:

Peter Cook, Dudley Moore and Spike Milligan
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Spike Milligan Spike Milligan ...
Policeman
Henry Woolf Henry Woolf ...
Shopkeeper
Josephine Tewson Josephine Tewson ...
Nun
Prunella Scales ...
Glynis
Jessie Matthews Jessie Matthews ...
Mrs. Tinsdale
Lucy Griffiths Lucy Griffiths ...
Iris (as Lucy Griffith)
Dana Gillespie Dana Gillespie ...
Mary Frankland
Roy Kinnear Roy Kinnear ...
Kenneth Williams Kenneth Williams ...
Max Wall Max Wall ...
Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas ...
Irene Handl Irene Handl ...
Hugh Griffith ...
Joan Greenwood Joan Greenwood ...
Denholm Elliott Denholm Elliott ...
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Plot Keywords:

Private Detective | Supernatural | Place Name In Title | Nun | Ghost  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Horror | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Der Hund von Baskerville See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Michael White Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Cinematographer John Wilcox became terminally ill during production and was replaced by Dick Bush. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Nun: Monsieur le Doctor Watson, what is keeping Monsieur Holmes so long?
Doctor Watson: Oh, reassurez-vous yourselves sisters, your holy relic will be with you momentarily.
Nun: But we have been waiting almost one hour!
Doctor Watson: Mr. Holmes is a very busy man sister. Monsieur Holmes is an, erm, tres occupée sister.
Nun: But tomorrow is the festival of St Beryl, already thousands of blind cripples are flocking to the chapel hoping to kiss the relic. In the name of all the flocking blind cripples, I beseech you...
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Connections

Referenced in The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes (1985) See more »

Soundtracks

"Twelve String Ties"
(uncredited)
Music by John Churston (pseudonym of H.M. Farrar)
De Wolfe Music Ltd See more »