Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner in his last portrayal of Holmes) is called to the Baskervilles 20 years after his first adventure there. His old enemy, Moriarty, is fixing a big race, and the owner of the racehorse involved, Silver Blaze, is a Baskerville. Not particularly successful in Britain, it was not released in the US until 1941, where it was re-titled Murder at the Baskervilles to cash in on the Rathbone-Bruce film, The Hound of The Baskervilles. Produced by Alpha Video which is not known for high quality, the transfer from video source looks no better than VHS, but for $5 and no region encoding – which means anyone can view it – it is excellent value. Great cover art, for a relatively uncommon film. Recommended. Available from Oldies.com in the US, where your webmaster was able to obtain 5 DVDs for $25!
Twickenham Film Studios Ltd., 1936. Released in the U.S. by Astor, June 10, 1941, as Murder at the Baskervilles. 1 hr 10 mins |
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Director – Thomas Bentley | |
Producer – Julius Hagen | |
Screenplay – H. Fowler Mear | |
Sherlock Holmes | Arthur Wontner |
Dr. John H. Watson | Ian Fleming |
Prof. Robert Moriarty | Lyn Harding |
Jack Trevor | Arthur Macrae |
Diana Baskerville | Judy Gunn |
Inspector Lestrade | John Turnbull |
Sir Henry Baskerville | Lawrence Grossmith |
Miles Stanford, bookmaker | Gilbert Davis |
Colonel Ross | Robert Horton |
Silas Brown | D.J. Williams |
Col. Sebastian Moran | Arthur Goullet |
Bert Prince | Ralph Truman |
James Straker | Martin Walker |
Mary Straker | Eve Gray |
Mrs. Hudson | Minnie Rayner |