Advantages: Spooky atmosphere of the moors Disadvantages: The dog
Introduction
The Hound of the Baskervilles is probably Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous work featuring Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes is probably the most famous detective in the English-speaking world, if not further afield - certainly in China if you say you're English, Sherlock Holmes is one of the most common replies (after Beckham and Owen!). Not much pressure then for a film-maker or the actors that star in it. I've seen at least three ... ...recent version starring Jeremy Brett. The Peter Cushing version didn't particularly stick in my mind, but the other two are both classics, perhaps with the Jeremy Brett version slightly edging ahead. The director
The director, Sidney Lanfield, was born in 1898, dying in 1972 in California. The other film for which he is most famous is My Favourite Blonde, starring Bob Hope. The actors
Basil Rathbone plays this portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, which ...
sunmeilan 28.12.2005
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