The first in the long-running Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce series, The Hound of the Baskervilles (’39) remains one of the best big screen portraits of Sherlock Holmes and was the first film to allude to the peculiar detective’s addictions. Here Holmes and Watson must protect the Baskerville heir from the same fate as his doomed ancestors.
“The Hound of the Baskervilles retains all of the suspensefully dramatic ingredients of Conan Doyle’s popular adventure. It’s a startling mystery-chiller developed along logical lines without resorting to implausible situations and over-theatrics.” – Variety
