Rating: NR
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 12/07/2004
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 85 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: MGM

The concept behind the 1977 Hound of the Baskervilles involved having "underground" director Paul Morrissey bring an irreverent slant to the original Sherlock Holmes mystery. The film thus casts Peter Cook and Dudley Moore as Holmes and Watson, with such reliable British performers as Terry-Thomas, Joan Greenwood, Denholm Elliott, Hugh Griffith, Spike Milligan, and Roy Kinnear in cameos. Producer Michael White took on the project; it mirrored his previous experience of combining spoofery and fidelity to source material with Monty Python's Jabberwocky. Examples of the film's zaniness include the casting of a lovable Irish wolfhound as the "deadly" Baskerville mastiff and having Holmes and Watson speak in thick provincial accents. For its American release, Hound of the Baskervilles was whittled down to 78 minutes, with several of its scenes out of sequence.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Peter Cook - Sherlock Holmes
Dudley Moore - Dr.Watson/Mr. Spiggot/Mrs. Ada Holmes
Denholm Elliott - Stapleton
Joan Greenwood - Beryl Stapleton
Terry-Thomas - Dr. Mortimer
Max Wall - Arthur Barrymore
Irene Handl - Mrs. Barrymore
Kenny Williams - Sir Henry Baskerville
Hugh Griffith - Frankland
Roy Kinnear - Ethel Seldon
Prunella Scales - Glynis
Penelope Keith - Massage Parlor Receptionist
Spike Milligan - Policeman

Production:
Paul Morrissey - Director
Andrew Braunsberg John Goldstone Michael White - Producer
Dudley Moore - Composer
Richard Marden - Editor
Peter Cook Dudley Moore Paul Morrissey - Screen Writer
Tim Hampton - Associate Producer
Dick Bush - Cinematographer
John Wilcox - Cinematographer
Charles Knode - Costume Designer
Andrew Braunsberg - Executive Producer
Michael White - Executive Producer
Arthur Conan Doyle - Short Story Author
Roy Smith - Production Designer

Without a Clue
    Michael Caine / PG / 1988
Murder by Death
    Eileen Brennan / PG / 1976
The Hound of the Baskervilles
    Richard Greene / NR / 1939
The Private Eyes
    Tim Conway / PG / 1980