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The Hound of the Baskervilles ()

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
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Sir Henry Baskerville
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Sherlock Holmes
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Beryl Stapleton
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Dr. Watson
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James Mortimer M.D.
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Barryman
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Frankland
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Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer
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John Stapleton
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Sir Hugo Baskerville
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Cabby
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Mrs. Barryman
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Coroner
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Convict (as Nigel de Brulier)
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Mrs. Hudson
Ian Maclaren ...
Sir Charles (as Ian MacLaren)
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Brandon Beach ...
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
James Carlisle ...
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Jack Egger ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Kenneth Hunter ...
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
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Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren ...
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
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Chambermaid (uncredited)
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Ship's Porter (uncredited)
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Betsy Ann (uncredited)
David Thursby ...
Open Carriage Driver (uncredited)
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Roderick (uncredited)
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Betsy Ann's Mother (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sidney Lanfield

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Ernest Pascal ... (screenplay)
 
Arthur Conan Doyle ... (novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles") (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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Gene Markey ... associate producer
Darryl F. Zanuck ... executive producer (uncredited)

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David Buttolph ... (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell ... (uncredited)
Cyril J. Mockridge ... (uncredited)
David Raksin ... (uncredited)

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J. Peverell Marley ... (photography) (as Peverell Marley)

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Robert L. Simpson ... (as Robert Simpson)

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Richard Day
Hans Peters

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Thomas Little

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Gwen Wakeling

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Darryl F. Zanuck ... executive in charge of production

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Gene Bryant ... assistant director (uncredited)

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W.D. Flick ... sound
Roger Heman Sr. ... sound (as Roger Heman)

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Curly Twiford ... stunt performer

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweler (uncredited)

Music Department

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Cyril J. Mockridge ... musical director

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Harry Lloyd Morris ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound. Written by Ed Stephan

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Taglines CURSE...OF THE BASKERVILLES (print ad - Lubbock Evening Journal - Lindsey Theatre - Lubbock, Texas - April 24, 1939 - all caps) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le chien des Baskerville (France)
  • Der Hund von Baskerville (Germany)
  • El perro de los Baskerville (Spain)
  • Баскервилски пас (Serbia)
  • El mastín de los Baskerville (Mexico)
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  • 80 min
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Trivia After being out of circulation for many years, partly because of the 1959 Hammer remake (The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)) in Technicolor starring Peter Cushing, this film was restored and re-released to theaters in 1975 with great fanfare, to the point of having the national evening news do a story on it. The film was shown at its full 80-minute length, and newspaper and magazine articles commented on the fact that the line "Oh, Watson, the needle!", referring to Holmes' cocaine habit (and usually misquoted as "Quick, Watson, the needle!") was put back in after having been cut by the censors. As an added attraction, the studio added a rare sound film featurette which showed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes books, talking about his creation. See more »
Goofs The Baskerville and Stapleton houses on Dartmoor appear to be lit by gas. At that time, gas was available only in proximity to a gas works and thus only in towns: it was known as "town gas". So people living in remote mansions would have had to rely on candles and oil lamps. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into The Hound of the Baskervilles (2019). See more »
Quotes [last lines]
Sherlock Holmes: Oh, Watson... the needle.
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