When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances, his last remaining relative, Sir Henry, comes home from South Africa to claim his inheritance and property on the wild, lonely moorlands of Dartmoor in Devon. But legend has it that there is a curse on the family, a curse in the form of a gigantic hound from Hell which brings death to each successive head of the Baskervilles. The case is referred to consulting detective Sherlock Holmes who considers there to be grave cause for concern and, unable to go himself, asks his friend and protege Doctor Watson to accompany Sir Henry down to Dartmoor.
Production Details
A Hammer film production released by United Artists Copyright MCMLVIII by Hammer films
MPAA Approved Certificate
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios
Technicolor 87 mins
From the novel by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle
Filming Began: 8th August 1958
UK Release: 4th May 1959
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Locations:
Chobham Common, Surrey
Frensham Ponds, Farnham, Surrey
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Cast & Crew – Verified complete
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Assistant Art Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-mingaye/# | 30 | 1929 | 8 Nov 2017 | 88 | 28 | 15 | 43 | |
Assistant Director | John Peverall | 28 | 1931 | 3 Oct 2009 | 78 | 21 | 21 | ||
Associate Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-nelson-keys/# | 47 | 13 Nov 1911 | 19 Mar 1985 | 73 | 43 | 43 | ||
Boom Operator | Jim Perry | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Camera Operator | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/# | 42 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 63 | 2 | 65 | |
Camera Operator: Second Unit | Teddy Catford | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Clapper Loader | Anthony Powell | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Conductor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/# | 43 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 40 | |
Construction Manager | Michael Lyons | 11 | 11 | ||||||
Continuity | Shirley Barnes | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/terence-fisher/# | 55 | 23 Feb 1904 | 18 Jun 1980 | 76 | 31 | 31 | ||
Director of Photography | Jack Asher BSc | 43 | 29 Mar 1916 | Apr 1991 | 75 | 13 | 13 | ||
Editor | Alfred Cox | 34 | 1925 | 2005 | 80 | 21 | 5 | 26 | |
Executive Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 31 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 98 | 9 | 107 | |
First Assistant Editor | Peter Todd | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Floor Props Chargehand | Peter Allchorne | 34 | 1925 | 01.01.1925 | 99 | 9 | 9 | ||
Focus Puller | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/# | 38 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 3 | 56 | 59 | |
Gaffer | Steve Birtles | 44 | 12 Nov 1914 | 2003 | 88 | 14 | 15 | 29 | |
Hairstyles | Henry Montsash | 53 | 17 Sep 1905 | 29 Sep 1974 | 69 | 16 | 16 | ||
Hound Mask | Margaret Robinson | 39 | 31 Jan 1920 | 3 Oct 2016 | 96 | 4 | 4 | ||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/roy-ashton/# | 50 | 16 Apr 1909 | 10 Jan 1995 | 85 | 36 | 4 | 40 | |
Master Carpenter | Charles Davis | 9 | 9 | ||||||
Master Painter | Lawrence Wren | 12 | 12 | ||||||
Master Plasterer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/arthur-banks/# | 19 | 29 | 48 | |||||
Model Dog Maker | Frank Pannicelli | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Music Composer | James Bernard | 33 | 20 Sep 1925 | 12 Jul 2001 | 75 | 25 | 1 | 26 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/anthony-hinds/# | 36 | 18 Sep 1922 | 30 Sep 2013 | 91 | 87 | 3 | 90 | |
Producer | Kenneth Hyman | 30 | 11 Dec 1928 | 11.12.1938 | 85 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Production Designer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/bernard-robinson/# | 46 | 28 Jul 1912 | 2 Mar 1970 | 57 | 46 | 4 | 50 | |
Production Manager | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/don-weeks/# | 54 | 15 Nov 1904 | Mar 1988 | 83 | 31 | 31 | ||
Production Secretary | Pat Green | 30 | 29 Oct 1928 | 29.10.1928 | 96 | 3 | 3 | ||
Property Master | Tom Money | 42 | 1917 | 1974 | 57 | 2 | 21 | 23 | |
Props Buyer | Eric Hillier | 39 | 1920 | 1975 | 55 | 17 | 17 | ||
Scenic Artist | Gilbert Wood | 55 | 1904 | 1982 | 78 | 2 | 2 | ||
Screenplay | Peter Bryan | 39 | 28 Sep 1919 | Sep 1972 | 52 | 22 | 22 | ||
Second Assistant Director | Tom Walls | 46 | 31 May 1912 | 28 Nov 1992 | 80 | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
Second Assistant Editor | Roy Norman | 38 | 30 Jan 1921 | 16 Aug 1987 | 66 | 3 | 3 | ||
Sound Recorder | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jock-may/# | 54 | 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 31 | 1 | 32 | |
Special Effects | Sid Pearson | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||||
Still Photographer | Tom Edwards | 1999 | 27 | 27 | |||||
Supervising Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 39 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 113 | 1 | 114 | |
Third Assistant Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/hugh-harlow/# | 19 | 17 Jun 1939 | 16.06.1939 | 85 | 6 | 34 | 40 | |
Wardrobe | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/# | 50 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 5 | 53 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Barrymore | John Le Mesurier | 47 | 5 Apr 1912 | 15 Nov 1983 | 71 | 1 | 1 | ||
Bishop Frankland | Miles Malleson | 70 | 25 May 1888 | 15 Mar 1969 | 80 | 4 | 4 | ||
Cecile | Marla Landi | 26 | 16 Apr 1933 | 16.04.1933 | 91 | 2 | 2 | ||
Convict | Michael Mulcaster | 47 | 3 Oct 1911 | 10 Aug 1984 | 72 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Doctor Watson | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/andre-morell/# | 49 | 20 Aug 1909 | 28 Nov 1978 | 69 | 9 | 9 | ||
Dr Mortimer | Francis De Wolff | 46 | 7 Jan 1913 | 18 Apr 1984 | 71 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Lord Caphill | Michael Hawkins | 30 | 26 Nov 1928 | 26 Oct 2014 | 85 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Lord Kingsblood | Ian Hewiston | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Mrs Barrymore | Helen Goss | 55 | 15 Oct 1903 | Aug 1985 | 81 | 2 | 2 | ||
Mrs Goodlippe | Elizabeth Gott | 54 | 28 May 1904 | 26 Jun 1991 | 87 | 1 | 1 | ||
Perkins | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/sam-kydd/# | 44 | 15 Feb 1915 | 26 Mar 1982 | 67 | 7 | 7 | ||
Servant | David Birks | 44 | 24 Sep 1914 | 1985 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
Servant Girl | Judi Moyens | 18 | 1941 | 01.01.1941 | 83 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sherlock Holmes | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/peter-cushing/# | 45 | 26 May 1913 | 11 Aug 1994 | 81 | 24 | 1 | 25 | |
Sir Henry Baskerville | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/sir-christopher-lee/# | 36 | 27 May 1922 | 7 Jun 2015 | 93 | 22 | 22 | ||
Sir Hugo Baskerville | David Oxley | 38 | 7 Nov 1920 | 30 Oct 1985 | 64 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sir Hugos crony | Christopher Trace | 26 | 21 Mar 1933 | 5 Sep 1992 | 59 | 1 | 1 | ||
Stapleton | Ewen Solon | 41 | 7 Sep 1917 | 7 Jul 1985 | 67 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Playing Sherlock Holmes here served Peter Cushing well, since he was later asked to resume the role for the BBC in their long-running 1960s TV series.
With this film, Roy Ashton takes over from Phil Leakey as Hammer’s principal man in charge of blood and gore.
Uncredited here as Sir Hugo’s crony, Christopher Trace was the first male presenter of BBC’s Blue Peter. He was also Charlton Hestons double in Ben Hur (1959)