The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1981 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles "(", is a 1981 Soviet television film adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles". It was the third installment in the TV series about adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. The film features an all-star cast: in addition to the famous Livanov -Solomin duo as Holmes and Watson, the film stars the internationally acclaimed actor/director Nikita Mikhalkov as Sir Henry Baskerville and the Russian movie legend Oleg Yankovsky as Jack Stapleton. The hound uses the simple but effective device of painting a skull
The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 film) portrays a séance performed by Dr. Mortimer's wife. This scene never appeared in the original novel, though a similar scene did appear in the 1939 Basil Rathbone version of the film. Richard Scheib of "The Science-Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review" called the film "one of the best Sherlock Holmes screen adaptations to date, and arguably the best of all screen versions of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" that we have." Pamela Troy of "CultureVulture.net" wrote, "There's a lot that may outrage fans of the original novel, but this is, nonetheless, a respectful, interesting, and worthwhile adaptation." Charles Prepolec of