The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972)

[Mr Pastry Time]

I wonder if anyone knows where I can get hold of The Hound of the Baskervilles produced in 1972 for TV. It starred dear Stewart Granger.

Hope someone can elp.

Regards

[square-eyes]

I have most Sherlock Holmes movies and tv and radio productions if you fancy contacting me via the private messaging facility

[loudonsmum]

hi,

cany anyone help me acquire a copy of the 1972 sherlock holmes film "the hound of the baskervilles" starring stewart granger.

i am led to believe it is a pretty awful film but it is the only version of this wonderful story i do not have and have never seen.

many thanks

[batman]

You can get a copy via ioffer .....



LINK: HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Stewart Granger 1972 TVM DVD For Sale



..... and it is pretty awful, despite what the blurb says.



Have you got the Russian and 1930s German versions, both of which are excellent IMHO?



The German version is available on ioffer as well but has no subtitles.



LINK: http://www.ioffer.com/i/-Der-Hund-vo...lock--61343086

[Windthrop]

name='batman']You can get a copy via ioffer .....



LINK: HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Stewart Granger 1972 TVM DVD For Sale



..... and it is pretty awful, despite what the blurb says.



Have you got the Russian and 1930s German versions, both of which are excellent IMHO?



The German version is available on ioffer as well but has no subtitles.



LINK: Der Hund von Baskerville -1937 rare German Sherlock For Sale

Have to agree - Bill Shatner is particularly dire as Stapleton and the London sets totally innacurrate, as are the costumes.

[loudonsmum]

many thanks indeed for your help with info on the stewart granger version of HOTB.

re ioffer £13 is too expensive for a film which nearly everyone rates as pretty poor so i am still on the hunt for a more reasonably priced copy.

[batman]

A cheaper copy is available .....



LINK: HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Shatner Stewart Granger DVD For Sale

[Leonard]

For more dud Sherlock films see Christopher Lee (Holmes) and Patrick Macnee (Watson) in

Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls and Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady both 1992 and Sherlock Holmes In New York 1976 with Rodger Moore as Sherl and Macnee as Waty, or rather, DON'T!

My favorite rubbish Sherlock film has to be Pete and Dud's Hound of the Baskervilles - v.funny.

[Bernardo]

Next week there is a Max Frewer version of The Hounds of the Baskervilles. How many TV/movies have there been with this title seems about one every ten years or so. I have Peter Cushing's Jeremy Brett's, the recent BBC copy. It is curious that there are so many remakes, all with the same story but with different approaches.

[batman]

name='Bernardo']Next week there is a Max Frewer version of The Hounds of the Baskervilles.

This is the first of four Holmes TV films made by Frewer. THOTB is OK, but Frewer, a late replacement in the lead role, is wildly OTT. Kenneth Welsh as Watson is, however, excellent. There is a slight twist in the tale which doesn't really add anything to the story and was made, I would think, because of the switch in lead actors.



Of the other three films ...



The Sign of Four - pretty good IMHO with Frewer toning down the histrionics



A Royal Scandal - an amalgam of two stories and probably the best of the bunch with Frewer getting better in the role



The Whitechapel Vampire - more Hammer than Doyle, a pure pastiche which is fun while it's on but instantly forgettable

[will.15]

name='Leonard']For more dud Sherlock films see Christopher Lee (Holmes) and Patrick Macnee (Watson) in

Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls and Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady both 1992 and Sherlock Holmes In New York 1976 with Rodger Moore as Sherl and Macnee as Waty, or rather, DON'T!

My favorite rubbish Sherlock film has to be Pete and Dud's Hound of the Baskervilles - v.funny.

I was so disappointed when I saw that. It was showing in just one theater and I had to go across town. Even a parody has to have a story. They kept throwing in their old routines without connecting them to anything else. A few funny bits, like the peeing dog, but otherwise...

[Tonch]

name='Bernardo']Next week there is a Max Frewer version of The Hounds of the Baskervilles. How many TV/movies have there been with this title seems about one every ten years or so. I have Peter Cushing's Jeremy Brett's, the recent BBC copy. It is curious that there are so many remakes, all with the same story but with different approaches.

Over Christmas I taped the version with Richard Roxburgh as Holmes and Ian Hart as Watson and rather enjoyed it, although with it snowing outside and a cosy fire in the hearth I did doze off towards the end. When I turned on to ITV3 the Jeremy Brett version was playing. The following day we called into visit relatives; mother-in-law (an avid Holmes fan) was watching the Basil Rathbone version as we arrived. When we got home I switched on Film4, lo and behold there was Peter Cushing in "Hound Of The Baskervilles" and I did begin to wonder whether TV schedulers were taking the piss and, more importantly, just how many versions of this classic tale there are?



The version I would love to see is the 1982 Tom Baker / Terence Rigby effort....I've heard some startling reports that it was shockingly poor and that the BBC apologised for Tom's performance (that surely can't be true....can it?). I think it was filmed in Ireland. Can anyone who has seen it give me any more information on it and their assessment please?

[will.15]

There is a clip of the Baker one on youtube. I haven't seen the entire show, but Baker's performance seems fine from the clip.



I went to look for the Baker one. It's no longer there. It was just a few minutes from the beginning . I saw it in September or October. The Cushing clip from his TV Hound is also gone.

[loudonsmum]

the tom baker/terrence rigby production is excellent,easily my favourite of all the versions.

even the opening titles and theme music set the scene brilliantly.

well worth tracking down.

[batman]

The Baker version is OK .... it's a bit slow at times and I am not a fan of Terence Rigby's Watson, but Baker is a decent Holmes and the production does look good. It's on a par with Cushing's BBC version IMHO.

[Gerald Lovell]

name='batman']The Baker version is OK .... it's a bit slow at times and I am not a fan of Terence Rigby's Watson, but Baker is a decent Holmes and the production does look good. It's on a par with Cushing's BBC version IMHO.

I'd agree with that assessment, though I do prefer the Cushing version, as I find him to be a more interesting Holmes. You need a good Watson for the Hound as Holmes is absent for so much of the story and Terence Rigby doesn't do it for me.

[jaycad]

the only problem with the tom baker version is that he looks like doctor who playing sherlock holmes!

[Gerald Lovell]

name='jaycad']the only problem with the tom baker version is that he looks like doctor who playing sherlock holmes!

That's very true; Tom Baker even had a dry run in "The Talons of Weng-Chaing". One of Peter Haining's books on Holmes has a picture of Tom in that story purporting to be from Hound.

Apparently the crew on the Hound serial referred to the production as "The Tom and Terry Show".

[jaycad]

name='Gerald Lovell']That's very true; Tom Baker even had a dry run in "The Talons of Weng-Chaing". One of Peter Haining's books on Holmes has a picture of Tom in that story purporting to be from Hound.

Apparently the crew on the Hound serial referred to the production as "The Tom and Terry Show".

i can imagine!

[Mr Pastry Time]

Good old Stu Granger..How we love him here. Must keep my eyes open for a DVD of his Hound version.



Taking about Peter Cushing..

A couple of years ago I filmed the Peter Cushing exhibition which displayed many of his personal Hound of the Baskervilles items. A whole afternoon was spent admiring his personal items and also noted he was what seemed to be a highly principled man. My father and I ended the day with a visit to a cafe Peter used to visit and sat at his regular table.