The Hound of the Baskervilles

Overview

In this early version the classic "Hound of the Baskervilles" mystery is not faithfully adapted, Watson's character is absent and there are two Holmes. Holmes' foe is called Stapleton and he menaces Holmes' client Lord Henry and his fiancée, Laura Lyons, masquerading himself as Holmes. Hidden passages, hand bombs and mechanical devices abound, reminding more of a serial than of a Conan Doyle story.

Directed by Rudolf Meinert

Top cast

Alwin Neuß

Sherlock Holmes

Friedrich Kühne

Stapleton

Hanni Weisse

Laura Lyons

E

Erwin Fichtner

Henry von Baskerville

A

Andreas Van Horn

Barrymore

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