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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)

The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
Directed by
Paul Morrissey
Genre
comedy film, parody film, crime film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.4 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a parody of the famous Sherlock Holmes story. It turns the mystery of a ghostly hound on the moors into a broad comedy. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore play Holmes and Watson for laughs.

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What happens

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1978 British comedy film spoofing the 1902 novel The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It stars Peter Cook as Sherlock Holmes and Dudley Moore as Dr. Watson. A number of other well-known British comedy actors appear in the film, including Terry-Thomas and Kenneth Williams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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