Search - The Hound of the Baskervilles on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1983 DVD Release: 10/12/1999 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Detective Film

In this classic mystery story, Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) is requested to investigate deaths around the Baskerville mansion because Henry (Martin Shaw), the last direct heir to the Baskerville fortune is worried that he may die by their unique curse; a ghost hound has eliminated his ancestors and is now wreaking havoc in the woods again. The crafty Holmes sends faithful Dr. Watson (Donald Churchill) ahead to check things out, while unknown to Watson, Holmes assumes the disguise of a local gypsy to observe the mansion and anyone connected with it. As the mist of Grimpen Moor and the howling hound lend an eerie atmosphere to the tale, false leads take the protagonists into dead ends, and the real culprit waits in the wings for his chance. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Ian Richardson - Sherlock Holmes
Martin Shaw - Sir Henry Baskerville
Nicholas Clay - Jack Stapleton
Denholm Elliott - Dr. Mortimer

The 1983 version of the Sherlock Holmes tale The Hound of the Baskervilles comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making it difficult to recommend this title to anyone other than a Baker Street irregular. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide