The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film)
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) is a classic mystery movie adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story, widely known for starring Basil Rathbone in one of his most iconic portrayals of the famous detective.
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| instanceOf |
Sherlock Holmes film
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film → mystery film → |
| adaptationOf |
Sherlock Holmes novel The Hound of the Baskervilles
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| basedOn |
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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| basedOnWorkBy |
Arthur Conan Doyle
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| blackAndWhite |
true
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| cinematographer |
J. Peverell Marley
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| director |
Sidney Lanfield
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| distributor |
20th Century Fox
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| editor |
Robert L. Simpson
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| era |
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| filmFormat |
35 mm
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| genre |
detective film
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mystery → |
| hasIMDbPage |
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031448/
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| hasTheme |
family curse
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gothic horror elements → |
| hasWikipediaPage |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hound_of_the_Baskervilles_(1939_film)
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| mainCharacter |
Dr. John Watson
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Sherlock Holmes NERFINISHED → Sir Henry Baskerville → |
| musicBy |
David Buttolph
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| narrativeFocus |
investigation of mysterious deaths on the Baskerville estate
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| notableFor |
first Rathbone–Bruce Sherlock Holmes feature film
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iconic portrayal of Sherlock Holmes by Basil Rathbone → |
| originalLanguage |
English
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| partOfSeries |
Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes film series
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| portrays |
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
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Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson → |
| producer |
Darryl F. Zanuck
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| productionCompany |
20th Century Fox
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| releaseDate |
1939-03-31
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| releaseYear |
1939
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| runtimeMinutes |
80
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| screenwriter |
Ernest Pascal
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| setIn |
Dartmoor
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England NERFINISHED → |
| starring |
Basil Rathbone
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John Carradine → Lionel Atwill NERFINISHED → Nigel Bruce → Richard Greene → Wendy Barrie → |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
Victorian era
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| title |
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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Referenced by (2)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 film)
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Basil Rathbone
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notableWork |