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The Hound of the Baskervilles
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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939 · 80 min Mystery Crime Horror
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

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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🎬 MovieFinder's Take

Fear lives in the details here — in the frame, in the silence, in the pauses between lines. The director knows how to keep the viewer in a state of readiness, muscles tensing on their own.

Worth watching for the atmosphere and the use of space. The ending may disappoint — genre is genre. But the journey there is well-crafted.

For fans of atmospheric horror where dread matters more than fright.

Director: Sidney Lanfield

— MovieFinder Editorial

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Viewing atmosphere: At night when it's dark outside. Better with someone — not because it's scary, but because there's something to discuss after.

🎭 Cast

Richard Greene

Richard Greene

Sir Henry Baskerville

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Sherlock Holmes

Wendy Barrie

Wendy Barrie

Beryl Stapleton

Nigel Bruce

Nigel Bruce

Doctor John H. Watson

Lionel Atwill

Lionel Atwill

Dr. James Mortimer

John Carradine

John Carradine

Barryman

Barlowe Borland

Barlowe Borland

Frankland

Beryl Mercer

Beryl Mercer

Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer

Morton Lowry

Morton Lowry

John 'Jack' Stapleton

Ralph Forbes

Ralph Forbes

Sir Hugo Baskerville

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