SHERLOCK HOLMES:HOUNDS/BASKERV

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• Release Year: 1939
• Genre: Crime, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: The most celebrated tale of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's canon, 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' is set in the Victorian Age and was originally released by Twentieth Century-Fox in 1939. It is the first of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.; ; When Sir Charles Baskerville is killed outside of Baskerville Hall, his good friend Dr. Mortimer (Lionel Atwill) fears that the curse of the Baskervilles has struck once again. Mortimer enlists the help of Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone), before yet another Baskerville can succumb to the evil legend.; ; Sir Henry Baskerville (Richard Greene) arrives in London to claim his inheritance, Mortimer takes Sir Henry to 221b Baker Street and expresses his fear for Sir Henry's life. Baskerville soon learns that along with the grand mansion on the moor, comes a devlilish curse, a curious butler (John Carradine) and a cast of bizarre neighbors.; ; Holmes, pressed with 'other business,' sends Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) to accompany Sir Henry to the dreary moor to protect the young Baskerville from the kegend of the wicked hound. Of course, with danger afoot, Sherlock Holmes may not be so far from the scene as is assumed.
• Cast: Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Richard Greene, Wendy Barrie, Lionel Atwill, John Carradine, Barlowe Borland, Beryl Mercer, Morton Lowry, Eily Malyon, E.E. Clive, Ralph Forbes, Lionel Pape, Nigel De Brulier, Mary Gordon, Ian Maclaren, Leonard Carey, Kenneth Hunter, Vesey O'Davoren, Rita Page, John Graham Spacey, Ruth Terry, David Thursby, Peter Willes, Mary Young, Sidney Lanfield
• Director: Sidney Lanfield
• Runtime: 1:20
• Company: 20th Century Fox
• Media Format: Movie