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 to move into Baskerville Hall, despite the ominous warning message. Holmes and Dr Watson follow him from Holmes's Baker Street apartment back to his hotel and notice a bearded man following him in a cab; they pursue the man, but he escapes. Mortimer tells them that Mr Barrymore, the butler at Baskerville Hall, has a beard like the one on the stranger. Sir Henry's boot reappears, but an older one vanishes. Holmes sends for the cab driver who shuttled the bearded man after Sir Henry and is both astounded and amused to learn that the stranger had made a point