Basil Rathbone, Lionel Atwill, Nigel Bruce
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce star in this 1939 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's frequently filmed novel, and the result is one of the most atmospheric and purely enjoyable versions of The H...( read more
). Except for minor changes, the script is true to Doyle's enthralling mystery about a centuries-long curse against heirs to the Baskerville estate, situated within the haunting and deadly Dartmoor in the southwest of England. With the arrival of a new master, Canadian Henry Baskerville (Richard Greene), Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Bruce) are called upon to solve the strange case of the "gigantic hound" that may be readying to savage the poor fellow. Wonderful sets, crisp performances, and Rathbone's accessible but no-nonsense take on the Great Detective make this a real delight. Typical of the 20th Century Fox Holmes pictures, there's an in-joke, a final line of censor-defying dialogue alluding to Holmes's little problem with cocaine. --Tom Keogh
DVD Release Date: April 27, 2004
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I haven't seen this since I was a little kid (in the late 60's). It was groundbreaking back in the day but would probably be considered mediocre by today's standards
Basil Rathbone is easily the best of the big screen Holmes's and this is his best outing. Nigel Bruce's bumbling Dr. Watson seems positively antiquated in this day and age, but it remained the best adaptation of Conan Doyle's great detective til Jeremy Brett's TV interpretation i...( read more)
I have always been a Holmes fan...well I say Holmes I mean more Watson but the films have always been great.
To me Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce are Holmes and Watson. This was the first in their series of films and the best. Set in the late 19th century as per the book, unfortunately the later films in this series were set during WW2 which for me didn't work nearly as well.
One of my favourite Sherlock tales this was a great adaptation to the screen.
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