The Hound of the Baskervilles

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1988

1h 45m

7.2(76 votes)

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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.

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18 members

Acting

Jeremy Brett

Sherlock Holmes

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Edward Hardwicke

Dr. John Watson

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Raymond Adamson

Sir Charles Baskerville

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Alastair Duncan

Dr. Mortimer

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Ronald Pickup

Barrymore

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Rosemary McHale

Mrs. Barrymore

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Kristoffer Tabori

Sir Henry Baskerville

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James Faulkner

Stapleton

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Edward Romfourt

Purser

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Directing

Philipp Dettmer

Pageboy

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Stephen Tomlin

Perkins

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Fiona Gillies

Beryl Stapleton

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Bernard Horsfall

Frankland

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Don McKillop

Vicar of Grimpen

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William Ilkley

Selden

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Myrtle Devenish

Postmistress

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Elizabeth Spender

Laura Lyons

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Donald Bisset

Manservant (uncredited)

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