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The Hound of the Baskervilles

  • 19781978
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 18m
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
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A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
IMDb RATING
4.5/10
1.2K
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POPULARITY
21,261
1,349
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    • Director
      • Paul Morrissey
    • Writers
      • Peter Cook(screenplay)
      • Dudley Moore(screenplay)
      • Paul Morrissey(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Peter Cook
      • Dudley Moore
      • Denholm Elliott
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Paul Morrissey
    • Writers
      • Peter Cook(screenplay)
      • Dudley Moore(screenplay)
      • Paul Morrissey(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Peter Cook
      • Dudley Moore
      • Denholm Elliott
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 39User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Joan Greenwood in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Peter Cook, Mohammad Shamsi, Patsy Smart, and Rita Webb in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Dudley Moore and Peter Cook in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
    Dana Gillespie in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

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    Peter Cook
    Peter Cook
    • Sherlock Holmes
    Dudley Moore
    Dudley Moore
    • Doctor Watson…
    Denholm Elliott
    Denholm Elliott
    • Stapleton
    Joan Greenwood
    Joan Greenwood
    • Beryl Stapleton
    Hugh Griffith
    Hugh Griffith
    • Frankland
    Irene Handl
    Irene Handl
    • Mrs. Barrymore
    Terry-Thomas
    Terry-Thomas
    • Dr. Mortimer
    Max Wall
    Max Wall
    • Arthur Barrymore
    Kenneth Williams
    Kenneth Williams
    • Sir Henry Baskerville
    Roy Kinnear
    Roy Kinnear
    • Selden the Axe Murderer
    Dana Gillespie
    Dana Gillespie
    • Mary Frankland
    Lucy Griffiths
    • Iris
    Penelope Keith
    Penelope Keith
    • Massage Receptionist
    Jessie Matthews
    Jessie Matthews
    • Mrs. Tinsdale
    Prunella Scales
    Prunella Scales
    • Glynis
    Josephine Tewson
    Josephine Tewson
    • Nun
    Rita Webb
    Rita Webb
    • Elder Masseuse
    Henry Woolf
    Henry Woolf
    • Shopkeeper
    • Director
      • Paul Morrissey
    • Writers
      • Peter Cook(screenplay)
      • Dudley Moore(screenplay)
      • Paul Morrissey(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Final English language cinema movie of actor-comedian Terry-Thomas.
    • Goofs
      (52:03) The chihuahua Watson walks past is clearly tethered to the set (in the one opening shot of the sequence) to keep it on-camera.
    • Quotes

      Sherlock Holmes: Do you think I'm gonna waste my time combing the streets of London for some old boot? This is a job for an imbecile.

      Doctor Watson: Quite right, Holmes, let me deal with this.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK R2 DVD contains 2 versions of this film. The original 1978 theatrical print that runs 85 mins and a re-edited re-release print that runs 74m. The major differences are (a) in the theatrical print the opening credits are postioned after the scene with the 3 nuns and roll over various amusing shots of Holmes and Watson in their Baker Street study (Holmes is reading a book by Freud called Guilt without Sex). In the re-edited print, the credits are positioned over the pages of the book after the intro scene with Dudley Moore on the piano. These credits are much abbreviated compared to the theatrical print and run much shorter. (b) When Holmes is first seen in shadow playing the violin the re-edited version then cuts back to Watson with the nuns saying he is Budapest and Holmes appearing behind him. The theatrical print extends the footage of Holmes in shadow so he now gets up, turns a light on, turns off a gramophone player and spits out his coffee before meeting the nuns. (c) the scene in which Watson meets Dr Franklin is much abbreviated in the re-edited version. In this version the scene ends after a brief conversation between the two in front of Franklin's shack. The theatrical print continues on with the scene for several minutes as Watson enters the hut with Franklin, views various stuffed animals' heads, and they have a conversation about why Franklin hated the late Sir Charles - jealously over his mistress. Franklin's mistress then enters the hut, the conversation continues, and then Franklin gets insanely jealous and starts strangling his young mistress as Watson crawls out of the building. The longer theatrical cut makes more sense and is better than the shorter print.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Big Nostril (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Twelve String Ties
      (uncredited)

      Music by John Churston (pseudonym of H.M. Farrar)

      De Wolfe Music Ltd

    User reviews39

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    Top review
    7/10
    Dudley on the Moors.
    I cannot stress enough how insane this film is. It's as if there was a competition between the members of the cast (too many familiar faces to mention) to see who could get away with the most eccentric performance. Everyone, with the possible exceptions of Terry Thomas and Kenneth Williams, is doing their level best to be completely and utterly crazy, which results in a totally barmy movie that I found strangely compelling. Just when I thought it couldn't get any more madcap, Dudley Moore goes and sings a song that is the epitome of lunacy.

    Moore plays several roles, but his primary character is that of the Welsh Dr. Watson, whom Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cook) sends to the Baskerville estate to investigate the story of a killer supernatural hound that haunts the moors. The film approximates the plot of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's book, but with Moore and Cook on script-writing duties, it was guaranteed to stray into strange and unusual territory. Not all of their nuttiness hits the mark, but the bits that do are so hilarious that it's worth putting up with the odd duff scene (the painfully bad The Exorcist parody, I'm looking at you!).

    The film's funniest moments include Max Wall's weather proverb ("Fog on the moors, clear skies indoors. Fog in the house, sun's out for field mouse"), a variation on Moore and Cook's one-legged Tarzan routine, the very silly codes suggested for Dr. Watson's telegram (Sausage), and Mr. Stapleton's perpetually incontinent Chihuahua that pees in Watson's face.

    6.5/10, rounded up to 7 for Penelope Keith as a 'masseuse', showing us the sexier side of Margo Ledbetter that only Jerry was privy to.
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    • Release date
      • November 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Hund von Baskerville
    • Filming locations
      • Bray Film Studios, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production company
      • Michael White Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 18 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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