The Classic 1939 Film: The Hound of the Baskervilles






Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Produced by Gene Markey
Screenplay by Ernest Pascal
Cinematography Peverell Marley
Edited by Robert Simpson
Release date March 31, 1939
Running time 80 minutes


Starring:
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Richard Greene
Wendy Barrie
Music by David Buttolph
Charles Maxwell
Cyril J. Mockridge
David Raksin

Sherlock Holmes is intrigued by a centuries-old legend in which every generation of the wealthy Baskerville family is eventually killed by a monstrous hound. 


Suspecting there is more to the story than meets the eye, Holmes sends Dr. Watson to the estate to investigate. Sir Henry, the only Baskerville left, is grateful for his help. But when a crazed convict escapes and footprints from a beast are found, Baskerville wonders if Watson will be enough.



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