The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Sidney Lanfield

Escritores:

Ernest Pascal (screenplay)
Arthur Conan Doyle (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

31 marzo 1939 (USA)

Género:

Crimen | Drama | Horror | Misterio | Suspenso

Plot:

Sherlock Holmes ,aided by Dr Watson, investigates mysterious deaths apparently caused by a family curse.

Plot Keywords:

Curse | Dr Watson | Sherlock Holmes | Murder | Animal

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Excellent debut for Rathbone as Holmes in a faithful and involving adaptation

Reparto

Richard Greene	...	Sir Henry Baskerville
Basil Rathbone	...	Sherlock Holmes
Wendy Barrie	...	Beryl Stapleton
Nigel Bruce	...	Dr. Watson
Lionel Atwill	...	James Mortimer, M.D.
John Carradine	...	Barryman
Barlowe Borland	...	Frankland
Beryl Mercer	...	Mrs. Jenifer Mortimer
Morton Lowry	...	John Stapleton
Ralph Forbes	...	Sir Hugo Baskerville
E.E. Clive	...	Cabby
Eily Malyon	...	Mrs. Barryman
Lionel Pape	...	Coroner
Nigel De Brulier	...	Convict (as Nigel de Brulier)
Mary Gordon	...	Mrs. Hudson

También conocida como:

El sabueso de los Baskerville (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

80 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Clasificación:

UK:PG | Norway:16 | USA:Approved (certificate #5037) | Finland:K-16

Compañía:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivialidades:

In the original novel, and in all later film versions, the butler is named Barrymore. In the 1939 version, this had to be changed to Barryman because the famous Barrymore family was still acting in films.

Errores:

Continuidad: The position of Dr. Watson's left hand as he his writing his first, second and fourth letters back to Sherlock Holmes.

Citas:

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

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Magic Sword (#5.11)" (1992)

Excellent debut for Rathbone as Holmes in a faithful and involving adaptation

Familiarity with "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is always going to be an issue when it comes to the countless adaptations of it. It is probably the best-loved and best-known of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories (and one of his longest and best-developed tales). It helps that it's a story that is quite hard not to love, and one which never gets boring no matter how many times you read or watch it.

This 1939 film, the first film featuring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, is a particularly concise and tight adaptation that runs for only 80 minutes but still delivers all the essential aspects of the story, fine photography and atmosphere, tight direction, and superb performances from just about everyone involved. There remains the question of how someone as seemingly foolish as Bruce's Watson became a doctor, but you come to accept such things and appreciate his performance for what it is.

It's not quite the best version of the tale nor the best of the Rathbone films, but there is a great deal to enjoy here. My favorite adaptation is the glorious 1959 Hammer version with Peter Cushing and Andre Morell as Holmes and Watson. It was the first Sherlock Holmes film filmed in color, and while it is a liberal adaptation to say the least it is gloriously entertaining and has a superb script. If only Hammer had done a full Sherlock Holmes series, it could have matched the Rathbone series in both length and quality, perhaps it might have surpassed it.