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Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles


Date: 1939
Type: Drama / Thriller
Rating: 3 Stars 3/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Producer:

Comment
Sherlock Holmes is called into to protect the heir of Baskerville Hall who is being haunted by a hound on the moors. This is the film tha paired together Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson and set the trend of giving Watson a larger role that he had in the novels.This was the start of the classic series of Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and was one of the biggest films of his career. It was the firat of 14 Holmes films featuring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

Actors

Basil RathboneBasil Rathbone
Nigel BruceNigel Bruce
Richard GreeneRichard Greene
Wendy BarrieWendy Barrie
Lionel AtwillLionel Atwill
John CarradineJohn Carradine
Barlowe Borland
Beryl MercerBeryl Mercer
Morton Lowry

Oscars

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