The Hound of the Baskervilles
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Released
- 1978
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1978
Storyline
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
Top credits
Peter Cook ā Sherlock Holmes
Dudley Moore ā Doctor Watson, Mrs. Ada Holmes, Mr. Spiggot, Piano Player
Denholm Elliott ā Stapleton
Joan Greenwood ā Beryl Stapleton
Did you know
ā¢ Final English language cinema movie of actor-comedian Terry-Thomas.
ā¢ Actor Terry-Thomas described this as "the most outrageous film I ever appeared in . . . there was no magic . . . it was bad!".
ā¢ The joke at the start of the film where the nun speaks of "flocking blind cripples" is taken with very little alteration from a joke in an earlier Dudley Moore comedy, "30 Is A Dangerous Age, Cynthia". Similarly, the unidexter Mr. Spiggot scene was a longstanding Cook/Moore staple (originally he is applying to be the next Tarzan).
User reviews
A 'comic' retelling of a classic story
Vintage Dudley
It's not great, but at the same time, I can't hate it
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color
