The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988) (TV)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Brian Mills

Writers:

T.R. Bowen (teleplay) and
Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)

Release Date:

8 December 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery

Plot:

When latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse, only the master detective, Sherlock Holmes, can find out the truth.

Plot Keywords:

Sherlock Holmes | Moor | Hound | Detective | Legend

Cast

Jeremy Brett	...	Sherlock Holmes
Edward Hardwicke	...	Dr. John Watson
Kristoffer Tabori	...	Sir Henry Baskerville
Ronald Pickup	...	Barrymore
James Faulkner	...	Stapleton
Rosemary McHale	...	Mrs. Barrymore
Alastair Duncan	...	Dr. Mortimer (as Neil Duncan)
Raymond Adamson	...	Sir Charles Baskerville
Edward Romfourt	...	Purser
Philip Dettmer	...	Pageboy
Stephen Tomlin	...	Perkins
Fiona Gillies	...	Beryl Stapleton
Bernard Horsfall	...	Frankland
Don McKillop	...	Vicar of Grimpen (as Donald McKillop)
William Ilkley	...	Selden

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:Unrated | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Brimham Rocks, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Trivia:

In the Railway scene the "GWR" No.5 is actually former Lambton Collieries No.5, an 0-6-2 Tank Loco Built by Robert Stephenson & Co. Ltd at Darlington (Works No.3377 of 1909). The Lambton Hetton & Joicey Colliery system was part of the large colliery systems in the North East of England, a system so large it even ran its own passenger service.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the hound attacks Selden, during the struggle there are scenes in which the victim changes from Selden to Sir Henry Baskerville. Seldon's head is shaved, while in parts of this scene, the victim obviously has a full head of hair.

Quotes:

Dr. Mortimer: You interest me very much Mr. Holmes. I hardly expected so dolio cofalicus a skull, or such well marked sucro orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?
Sherlock Holmes: *Please* Dr. Mortimer.
Dr. Mortimer: A cast of your skull Sir, until the original becomes available?
Sherlock Holmes: [Bursts into laughter]
Dr. Mortimer: It is not my intention to be fool some, but *I* confess, I covet your skull.
Sherlock Holmes: *Behave* and sit down Dr. Mortimer.
[Gesturing to the chair]
Dr. Mortimer: [dog sits beside Mr. Mortimer] Spot. Yes, good boy.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Shackles of Sherlock (2007) (TV)

Good film; fine acting

"The Hound of the Baskervilles" is not my favorite Sherlock Holmes film: There are problems with the hound no matter how it is portrayed, and the violence in the film is disturbing. "The Hound" has perhaps suffered from overexposure; it is by all odds the most famous of the Sherlock Holmes tales. It lacks the substance of other full-length Holmes films, such as "The Sign of Four" and "The Master Blackmailer." And it lacks the horror of "The Last Vampire," which Conan Doyle wrote as a tribute to his friend Bram Stoker, the celebrated author of "Dracula."

The acting in the Sherlock Holmes films is consistently good. For me as for many other people, Jeremy Brett was the quintessential Holmes. It is a pity he is no longer around to play the part, and an even greater pity that the Holmes films are being remade in what promises to be a greatly inferior version.