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Director
  
Paul Morrissey

Duration
  

Music director
  
Dudley Moore

Country
  
United Kingdom

4.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Horror

Running time
  
1h 25m

Cinematography
  
Dick Bush

Language
  
English

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Release date
  
October 1978 (1978-10)

Writer
  
Peter Cook (screenplay), Dudley Moore (screenplay), Paul Morrissey (screenplay), Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)

Cast
  
Dudley Moore
(Doctor Watson / Mr. Spiggot / Mrs. Ada Holmes / Piano Player),
Peter Cook
(Sherlock Holmes),
Spike Milligan
(Policeman)

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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1978 British comedy film spoofing The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It starred Peter Cook as Sherlock Holmes and Dudley Moore as Dr. Watson. A number of other well-known British comedy actors appeared in the film including Terry-Thomas (in his final screen appearance), Kenneth Williams and Denholm Elliott.

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Plot

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The film begins in a theatre, where a pianist (Moore) begins to play a piano accompaniment to the actual film being shown in the theater.

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Holmes (Cook) has just restored a stolen artifact to three French nuns, and is later called on a case by Dr. Mortimer (Terry-Thomas) concerning Sir Henry Baskerville (Kenneth Williams) and a legendary hound that curses the Baskerville estate. Tired and worn out by so many cases, Holmes passes the case onto Dr. Watson (Moore), who is portrayed as a Welsh eccentric.

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Upon arriving at the station, Sir Henry, Dr. Mortimer, Watson and Perkins (their driver) are halted by a policeman (Spike Milligan), who warns them of a murderer stalking the moors, before sending the group on their way.

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While out in the moor collecting specimens, Watson has a curious encounter in a hut with the raving Mr. Frankland (Hugh Griffith) and Frankland's exceedingly strong daughter, Mary (Dana Gillespie ).

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In the next scene, we see Holmes still in London, visiting Ada, his mother (also played by Dudley Moore), who, as a bogus spiritualist aided by her housekeeper, Iris, scams older ladies of their money in false seances. Holmes' mother is concerned that "Watty" (Watson) may need help, and that "Sherl" (as she calls her son), should rush to his aid.

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In next scene, Holmes interviews the one-legged Mr. Spiggot (also played by Dudley Moore) to act as a runner on the moor.

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In the next scene, while wandering on the moors, Watson happens upon Mr. Stapleton (Denholm Elliott), who mistakes him for Sir Henry. Stapleton's sister (Joan Greenwood) describes dramatically her encounter with the Hound on the moor, suggesting that it ravished her, whereupon she attempts to force herself upon the reluctant Watson, with Miss Stapleton undergoing supernatural transformations reminiscent of The Exorcist.

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The Barrymores (Max Wall and Irene Handl) at Baskerville Hall mistreat Sir Henry and Watson, feeding them only cheese and water and then throwing them into a small bedroom, ankle-deep in water. Watson then goes to the village to send a message to Holmes (who is during this time visiting his cranky mother), and meets Mr. Stapleton of Merripit Hall. Stapleton is carrying a chihuahua that proceeds to urinate in Watson's pocket and face.

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Arriving at Merripit Hall, Watson meets the eccentric Mrs. Stapleton, who displays surreal symptoms suggesting demonic possession. Late at night, Sir Henry and Watson discover the Seldons and the escaped murderer, whom Watson recognizes as Mrs. Barrymore's brother Ethel Seldon (Roy Kinnear), having a family dinner. Oddly enough, neither of the men seems to panic at this.

Afterward, Holmes arrives and examines the case so far. An invitation arrives for Sir Henry, asking him to dinner at Merripit Hall. Suspecting a trap, Watson goes along with Sir Henry while Holmes observes carefully. Mrs. Stapleton resumes her bizarre acts and begins to vomit pale-blue liquid over Sir Henry, whilst Mr. Stapleton's chihuahua urinates in Watson's soup.

Ordered to leave in disgrace, the Stapletons, Dr. Mortimer, Mr. Frankland, and his daughter Mary follow Sir Henry and Watson to kill them, but become trapped in a quagmire. Holmes then proceeds to reveal that the Hound is no more than a large, rather friendly Irish wolfhound owned by the late Sir Charles Baskerville, whose excited barking was misinterpreted as a monstrous beast. He also states that the dog is the sole heir of Sir Charles. With the dog gone, the would-be murderers would have gained the Baskerville fortune and the estate.

The film ends on the pianist, who is then hit by vegetables from the audience.

Cast

  • Peter Cook – Sherlock Holmes
  • Dudley Moore – Doctor Watson / Mr. Spiggot / Mrs. Ada Holmes / Piano Player
  • Denholm Elliott – Stapleton
  • Joan Greenwood – Beryl Stapleton
  • Hugh Griffith – Frankland
  • Irene Handl – Mrs. Barrymore
  • Terry-Thomas – Dr. Mortimer
  • Max Wall – Arthur Barrymore
  • Kenneth Williams – Sir Henry Baskerville
  • Roy Kinnear – Ethel Seldon
  • Dana Gillespie – Mary Frankland
  • Lucy Griffiths – Iris
  • Penelope Keith – Massage-Parlour Receptionist
  • Jessie Matthews – Mrs. Tinsdale
  • Prunella Scales – Glynis
  • Josephine Tewson – Nun
  • Rita Webb – Elder Masseuse
  • Henry Woolf – Shopkeeper
  • Spike Milligan – Policeman
  • Filming locations

    The house featured in the film is Oakley Court, which was in the grounds of the Bray Studios.

    References

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film) Wikipedia
    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film) IMDb The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film) themoviedb.org


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