--- title: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)' type: 'film' director: 'Terence Fisher' released: '1959-05-04' runtime_minutes: 87 genres: - 'Crime' - 'Mystery' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-1959' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052905/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) 1959 · 87 min · Crime, Mystery · United Kingdom ## Synopsis The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 British Gothic mystery film directed by Terence Fisher and produced by Hammer Film Productions, based upon Arthur Conan Doyle's 1902 novel. It stars Peter Cushing as Sherlock Holmes, André Morell as Doctor Watson, and Christopher Lee as Sir Henry Baskerville. It is the first adaptation of the novel to be filmed in colour. It was released by United Artists on May 4, 1959. ## Credits - **Director:** [Terence Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-fisher) - **Original Music Composer:** [James Bernard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bernard) - **Producer:** [Michael Carreras](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-carreras), [Anthony Hinds](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-hinds), [Kenneth Hyman](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-hyman) - **Director of Photography:** [Jack Asher](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-asher) ## Cast - [Sam Kydd](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-kydd) - [Miles Malleson](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-malleson) - [Peter Cushing](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-cushing) as Sherlock Holmes - [Marla Landi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marla-landi) - [Ewen Solon](https://cinepixo.com/people/ewen-solon) - [Francis de Wolff](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-de-wolff) - [André Morell](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-morell) as Dr. Watson - [Michael Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-hawkins) - [David Oxley](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-oxley) - [Christopher Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/christopher-lee) as Henry Baskerville - [John Le Mesurier](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-le-mesurier) - [Helen Goss](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-goss) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-1959 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1194469); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.