The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 film) Know It". Booth herself would later appear in 1987s "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". A large part of Martin Shaw's American accent was dubbed by another actor in post-production. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles (a.k.a. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles) is a 1983 British made-for-television mystery film directed by Douglas Hickox, starring Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes and Donald Churchill as Dr. John H. Watson. It is based on Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles". In 1982, American producer Sy Weintraub partnered with English producer Otto Plaschkes
The Hound of the Baskervilles obvious to him that it was Mrs Barrymore, but her husband denies it. Watson can find no proof that Barrymore was in Devon on the day of the chase in London. He meets a brother and sister who live nearby: Mr Stapleton, a naturalist, and the beautiful Miss Stapleton. When an animal sound is heard, Stapleton is quick to dismiss it as unrelated to the legendary hound. When her brother is out of earshot, Miss Stapleton mistakes Watson for Sir Henry and warns him to leave. She and Sir Henry later meet and quickly fall in love, arousing Stapleton's anger;