The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 British Gothic mystery film directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions, based upon Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel. It stars Peter Cushi
Theatrical release poster
Drive-in advertisement from 1959 for The Hound of the Baskervilles (with no mention of Sherlock Holmes) and co-feature, The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from Augu
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)
…Baskervilles is a 1959 British Gothic mystery film directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions, based upon Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel. It stars Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, André Morell as Doctor Watson, and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville. It is the first adaptation of…
The cover of the first edition
Frontispiece to The Hound of the Baskervilles first edition: "The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes" (Watson investigates the hut where a mysterious figure is living secretly on the moor–only to discover it is Sherlock Holmes, who was supposedly back in London (Chapters 11 and 12))
Baskerville Hall, formally Clyro Court, may have inspired The Hound of the Baskervilles
The ruins of Fowelscombe House, a possible model for Baskerville Hall