
The Hound of the Baskervilles(1939)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.


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When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Peter Cushing
Sherlock Holmes

André Morell
Doctor Watson

Christopher Lee
Sir Henry Baskerville

Marla Landi
Cecile Stapleton

David Oxley
Sir Hugo Baskerville

Francis de Wolff
Dr. Richard Mortimer

Miles Malleson
Bishop Frankland

Ewen Solon
Stapleton

John Le Mesurier
Barrymore

Helen Goss
Mrs. Barrymore
The Hound of the Baskervilles is a mystery, thriller, horror film released in 1959 exploring themes of countryside, based on novel or book, detective, rural area, curse, moor (terrain). Directed by Terence Fisher, it stars Peter Cushing, André Morell, Christopher Lee. When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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