The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
Director Sidney Lanfield
Screenplay Ernest Pascal

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Release Date: 1939-03-24

Duration: 80 minutes

Synopsis

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is likely to strike again at Sir Henry.

Casting

  • John Carradine
    Barryman
  • Lionel Atwill
    Dr. James Mortimer
  • Leonard Carey
    Hugo's Servant (uncredited)
  • Nigel Bruce
    Doctor John H. Watson
  • Mary Gordon
    Mrs. Hudson
  • Basil Rathbone
    Sherlock Holmes
  • Ralph Forbes
    Sir Hugo Baskerville
  • Eily Malyon
    Mrs. Barryman
  • Lionel Pape
    The Coroner
  • Beryl Mercer
    Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer