The Hound of the Baskervilles

feature film, 1939.

DIRECTED BY: Sidney Lanfield

The Hound of the Baskervilles

CAST:
Richard Greene (Sir Henry Baskerville),
Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes),
Nigel Bruce (Dr. Watson),
Wendy Barrie (Beryl Stapleton),
Lionel Atwill (James Mortimer)

SCRIPT:
Ernest Pascal (prema istoimenom romanu Arthura Conana Doylea)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
J. Peverell Marley

Synopsis:
This is the first of four film versions of Arthur Conan Doyle’s novels starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Sir Henry Baskerville returns from a trip abroad to claim the inheritance after his uncle’s death. He inherited a castle in Devonshire and lots of land mostly consisting of swamps. He invites Sherlock Holmes to solve the mystery of the family curse that threatens the young heir.

35 mm, b/w, 80 min