Directed by:
Douglas HickoxScreenplay:
Charles Edward PogueComposer:
Michael J. LewisCast:
Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill, Denholm Elliott, Glynis Barber, Brian Blessed, Eleanor Bron, Ronald Lacey, Martin Shaw, Connie Booth, Nicholas Clay (more)Plots(1)
Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) faces a supernatural mystery when a distinguished but absent-minded doctor (Denholm Elliott) hires the legendary detective to investigate the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville. The doctor recounts the legend of Baskerville Hall, cursed for 350 years since Hugo Baskerville traded his soul to the devil. All Hugo's ancestors have met with unexplained deaths on the hall's moor. With Charles's heir, Sir Henry, due to arrive from America, Holmes sends Dr. Watson (Donald Churchill) to Baskerville to watch for danger. "The game's afoot," Holmes declares, as he sets upon the trail of the Baskerville killer in the sleuth's most heralded and baffling case. (official distributor synopsis)
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Ian Richardson
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Donald Churchill
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Denholm Elliott
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Brian Blessed
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Eleanor Bron
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Nicholas Clay
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