The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1978 British comedy film spoofing "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It starred Peter Cook as Sherlock Holmes and Dudley Moore as Dr. Watson. A number of other well-known British comedy actors appeared in the film including Terry-Thomas (in his final screen appearance), Kenneth Williams and Denholm Elliott. The film begins in a theatre, where a pianist (Moore) begins to play a piano accompaniment to the actual film being shown in the theater. Holmes (Cook) has just restored a stolen artifact to
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972 film) and Hildegarde Withers. The production utilized sets from other productions, mainly horror films. The ratings were poor and reviews were bad which caused the proposed series of tele-films to be shelved. The "Los Angeles Times" called it "laborious, talky, often poorly staged and it suffers intermittently with show and tell direction" although it thought Granger and Fox were "quite acceptable" in their roles. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1972 film) The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1972 American made-for-television mystery film directed by Barry Crane and starring Stewart Granger as Sherlock Holmes and Bernard Fox as Doctor Watson. The