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The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Most Horror-Dripping TALE EVER WRITTEN!

6.8(398)19591h 27m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
German
  • countryside
  • based on novel or book
  • detective
  • rural area
  • curse
  • moor (terrain)
  • threat
  • crime investigation
  • sherlock holmes
  • crime scene investigation

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR3 Jul 1959
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG4 May 1959
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1227 Nov 1959
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP23 Dec 1959
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1227 Nov 1959
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical153 Jul 1959
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD, Blu ray7 Jan 2004
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical7 Nov 1960

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The Hound of the Baskervilles was released on 4 May 1959.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    11/8/2021

    5/10

    _**There’s a reason you’ve never heard of this Hammer flick with Cushing & Lee**_ Around the turn of the century, Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) and Doctor Watson (André Morell) try to protect the heir of the Baskerville estate (Christopher Lee) in southwest England after the former owner was found dead, rumored to be victim of a curse going back to the time of the English Civil War in the mid-1600s. "The Houn…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/19/2024

    7/10

    André Morrell takes a more serious approach to his characterisation of "Dr. Watson" than Nigel Bruce did in his series of "Sherlock Holmes" stories with Basil Rathbone, and coupled with Peter Cushing as the fastidious super-sleuth, manages to create quite a solid drama here that mixes the scientific with the superstitious entertainingly. The detecting duo are recruited by the suspicious "Dr. Mortimer" (Francis De Wol…

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