The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)

Actors: Joe Cobden (actor), Irene Litinsky (producer), Arthur Holden (actor), Matt Frewer (actor), Michael Prupas (producer), Arthur Conan Doyle (writer), Jason Cavalier (actor), Jason London (actor), Gordon Masten (actor), Kenneth Welsh (actor), John Dunn-Hill (actor), Betty Palik (miscellaneous crew), Renée April (costume designer), Leni Parker (actress), Joe Wiesenfeld (writer),

Plot: The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Enigmatic sleuth Sherlock Holmes is on the case to uncover the truth about a monstrous, supernatural hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the latest heir to the Baskerville estate.

Keywords: 19th-century, amateur-detective, animal-in-title, beast, crime-investigation, curse, dartmoor, domestic-servant, giant-dog, irish-wolfhound
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery,
Taglines: Every dog has its day.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)

Actors: Ronald Pickup (actor), Edward Hardwicke (actor), James Faulkner (actor), Arthur Conan Doyle (writer), Kristoffer Tabori (actor), Donald Bisset (actor), Bernard Horsfall (actor), Jeremy Brett (actor), T.R. Bowen (writer), John Hawkesworth (writer), Patrick Gowers (composer), William Ilkley (actor), Don McKillop (actor), Michael Cox (producer), Alastair Duncan (actor),

Plot: Sir Charles Baskerville dies on the moor under mysterious circumstances and rumors abound about a demonic hound. When the American heir arrives to take charge, a family friend calls in Holmes and Watson to get to the heart of the mystery.

Keywords: 19th-century, animal-in-title, archeologist, based-on-novel, country-house, dartmoor, detective, folklore, hall, horse-and-buggy
Genres: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery,

Quotes:

Sherlock Holmes: You impress me, Doctor Mortimer. Was there anything else?::Dr. Mortimer: Yes.::Sherlock Holmes: Footprints? A man or a woman's?::Dr. Mortimer: Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

[Stapleton and Dr. Watson are talking about the beauties and dangers of the great Grimpen Mire when an distant, unearthly howling is heard]::Stapleton: The moor is full of noises.::Dr. John Watson: But what was it?::Stapleton: The peasants say it is the Hound of the Baskervilles calling for its prey.

[first lines]::Dr. John Watson: Finished. [stretching] Aah! [picks up and studies walking stick]::Sherlock Holmes: [with his back to Watson] What do you make of it, Watson?::Dr. John Watson: What? Huh,I believe you've got eyes in the back of your head, Holmes.::Sherlock Holmes: Well, I have a well-polished coffee pot in front of me.

Sherlock Holmes: It may be that you are not yourself luminous but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power for stimulating it.

Dr. Mortimer: You interest me very much, Mr. Holmes. I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull, or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?::Sherlock Holmes: *Please*, Dr. Mortimer.::Dr. Mortimer: A cast of your skull Sir, until the original becomes available?::[Holmes bursts into laughter]::Dr. Mortimer: It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess, I covet your skull.::Sherlock Holmes: Behave and sit down, Dr. Mortimer.::[Gesturing to the chair]::Dr. Mortimer: [dog sits beside Mr. Mortimer] Spot. Yes, good boy.::Sherlock Holmes: Well, I presume it was not your phrenological passion which drew you to Baker Street.::Dr. Mortimer: Unfortunately it was not, Sir.

Sherlock Holmes: It's an ugly, dangerous business, Watson. Believe me, I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound at Baker Street once more.

Sherlock Holmes: It is a worthy setting if the devil did decide to dabble in the affairs of men.

Sir Henry Baskerville: I thought we had a chance of getting to the bottom of this business. All we seem to have done is compound a felony.

Dr. John Watson: I would to God that Holmes were here. Why does he not come?

Dr. John Watson: I'm afraid my duty to Holmes overrode my tact.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

Actors: Prunella Scales (actress), Peter Cook (actor), Penelope Keith (actress), Roy Kinnear (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Denholm Elliott (actor), Irene Handl (actress), Dudley Moore (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Dudley Moore (actor), Spike Milligan (actor), Terry-Thomas (actor), Hugh Griffith (actor), Rita Webb (actress), Kenneth Williams (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Mystery,

Quotes:

Mrs. Ada Holmes: Pesticide, my own son guilty of pesticide!::Sherlock Holmes: It's patricide, mother.

Policeman: [after being hit in the crotch by a car slowly coming to a standstill] And me only married a month...

Mrs. Ada Holmes: I like to strike a happy Medium.

[first lines]::Nun: Monsieur le Doctor Watson, what is keeping Monsieur Holmes so long?::Doctor Watson: Oh, reassurez-vous yourselves sisters, your holy relic will be with you momentarily.::Nun: But we have been waiting almost one hour!::Doctor Watson: Mr. Holmes is a very busy man sister. Monsieur Holmes is an, erm, tres occupée sister.::Nun: But tomorrow is the festival of St Beryl, already thousands of blind cripples are flocking to the chapel hoping to kiss the relic. In the name of all the flocking blind cripples, I beseech you...

Sherlock Holmes: Do you think I'm gonna waste my time combing the streets of London for some old boot? This is a job for an imbecile.::Doctor Watson: Quite right, Holmes, let me deal with this.

Mrs. Ada Holmes: Now then, Shirl.::Sherlock Holmes: Mother, please don't call me Shirl.::Mrs. Ada Holmes: I've always called you Shirl and I always will. Oh, you should have seen him when he was a little girl, Iris.::Sherlock Holmes: I never was a little girl, mother.

Doctor Watson: [on phone] Holmes, it's Watson here. Listen, it's very urgent you come down immediately on the next train to Baskerviille, twelve noon train. [listens] You'll be in disguise? Well how am I going to recognize you, then? Why can't you wear a pink carnation?

Sir Henry Baskerville: I'm really exhausted with all this traveling.::Dr. Mortimer: Oh? Didn't you enjoy your sea voyage over from Canada?::Sir Henry Baskerville: Oh no, it was terrible! I happened to be out for a stroll on the deck when a storm came up! Gale winds forced me to hang onto the rail for dear life, until I could hold on no longer!::Dr. Mortimer: Bad show!::Sir Henry Baskerville: Suddenly this great wave came crashing over the boat and washed me overboard!::Dr. Mortimer: Ghastly!::Sir Henry Baskerville: It was all I could do to keep my head above water! It was horrible! Horrible!::Dr. Mortimer: Did you manage to drag yourself up on deck?::Sir Henry Baskerville: Oh no, I just dressed casual.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Actors: Mary Gordon (actress), David Thursby (actor), Barlowe Borland (actor), Wendy Barrie (actress), Nigel Bruce (actor), Nigel De Brulier (actor), Ralph Forbes (actor), Leonard Carey (actor), John Carradine (actor), Lionel Atwill (actor), E.E. Clive (actor), Vesey O'Davoren (actor), Lionel Pape (actor), Basil Rathbone (actor), Eily Malyon (actress),

Plot: On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound. First casting of Rathbone and Bruce as Holmes and Watson.

Keywords: 17th-century, 1880s, 19th-century, animal-attack, animal-in-title, anonymous-letter, anthropologist, attack-dog, attempted-poisoning, based-on-novel
Genres: Mystery, Thriller,

Quotes:

[last lines]::Sherlock Holmes: Oh, Watson - the needle!

James Mortimer, M.D.: Mr. Holmes, you're the one man in all England who can help me... I am in mortal fear that Sir Henry's life will be snuffed out.

Sherlock Holmes: There are still some gaps to be filled, but all in all, things are becoming a little clearer.::Dr. Watson: Not to me, I assure you; it's all a hopeless jumble. Stapleton, Franklin, the Barrymans - put it all together and what have you got?::Sherlock Holmes: Murder, my dear Watson. Refined, cold-blooded murder.::Dr. Watson: Murder?::Sherlock Holmes: There's no doubt of it in my mind. Or perhaps I should say, my imagination. For that's where crimes are conceived and they're solved - in the imagination.

James Mortimer, M.D.: Mr. Holmes, we've admired you in the past as does every Englishman. Your record as our greatest detective is known throughout the world. But this - seeing how you work - knowing that there is in England such a man as you gives us all a sense of safety and security. God bless you, Mr. Holmes!

Dr. Watson: It's a pity you didn't think about bringing that infernal violin of yours - to regale me with some of your music!::Sherlock Holmes: I DID, my dear Watson! Anything to oblige! [he whips out the violin and begins to play]

Dr. Watson: Then, why are we rushing up to London, leaving Sir Henry entirely alone and unprotected?::Sherlock Holmes: We're not, my dear Watson. We're just giving the impression of rushing up to London.

Sherlock Holmes: The only way to nab our man is to catch him in the act - catch him so that there's no escape, no alibi. And that means gambling with Sir Henry's life.::Dr. Watson: [horrified] But...::Sherlock Holmes: Gambling to save his life. But we've got to take that chance.

Sherlock Holmes: Do you remember that missing boot, Watson? Why do you suppose the brown one, the one that had never been worn, was so mysteriously replaced and the black one taken?::Dr. Watson: Why?::Sherlock Holmes: Because the brown one would never have had the scent of the owner - and the black one had!

Cabby: He said his name was Sherlock Holmes.::Sherlock Holmes: What?::Cabby: Well, that's the name what he give me, sir - Sherlock Holmes! [all laugh]::Sherlock Holmes: Well, at least whoever it is has a sense of humor!

Sherlock Holmes: [a portrait that he has just seen fascinates him] You must - you must dine with us before you sail.::Sir Henry Baskerville: Well, there's the old boy himself - Sir Hugo, the Beast of the Baskervilles.::Dr. Watson: Done by Ransome, one of the minor painters.::Sir Henry Baskerville: I don't imagine it's very valuable.::Sherlock Holmes: I can't quite agree with you, Sir Henry.::[ominously]::Sherlock Holmes: One day, it might prove to be of the greatest value.