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The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939·80 min

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Directed by Sidney Lanfield

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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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Sir Henry Baskerville

Sherlock Holmes

Beryl Stapleton

Doctor John H. Watson

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J. Peverell Marley

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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) is about 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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Sidney Lanfield directed The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939).

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