The Hound Of The Baskervilles (1959)

Sherlock Holmes (Peter Cushing) is asked by a country physician (Francis De Wolff) to intercede in the case of the new Lord (Christopher Lee) of Baskerville Hall who inherited the estate when the last Lord died under mysterious circumstances. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's third Sherlock Holmes novel has been adapted for film, stage and television too many times to count. It follows the novel fairly closely but this is a Hammer production, so alterations have been made to try and squeeze it into the horror mold. It's a very good adaptation nonetheless. Directed by Terence Fisher, Cushing makes for a solid and believable Holmes and Andre Morell as Dr. Watson brings a quiet authority to the role rather than the befuddled Watson which Nigel Bruce specialized in. The cinematographer Jack Asher does a nice job of creating an atmospheric Dartmoor grassland. With Marla Landi, Miles Malleson and John Le Mesurier.