The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

03/31/1939 1h 20m

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Overview

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire, and finds that Sherlock Holmes is there to investigate the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650, and is likely to strike again at Sir Henry.

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Cast Ages at Release

Basil Rathbone

as Sherlock Holmes

Born 06/14/1892

Died 07/21/1967, age

Nigel Bruce

as Doctor John H. Watson

Born 02/03/1895

Died 10/08/1953, age

Lionel Atwill

as Dr. James Mortimer

Born 02/27/1885

Died 04/22/1946, age

John Carradine

as Barryman

Born 02/05/1906

Died 11/27/1988, age

Beryl Mercer

as Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer

Born 08/11/1882

Died 07/28/1939, age

Ralph Forbes

as Sir Hugo Baskerville

Born 09/29/1904

Died 03/31/1951, age

E. E. Clive

as London Cabbie John Clayton

Born 08/26/1879

Died 06/06/1940, age