The Hound Of The Baskervilles gets umpteenth remake for the BBC in 1983 with
Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes and Donald Churchill as Dr. Watson. This
Holmes story which was a full length novel is maybe the most popular one of
them all. Given all the versions who could say different?
Denholm Elliott comes calling at Baker Street for Sherlock Holmes on behalf of young Henry Baskerville played by Nicholas Clay. Clay is over from America to claim his inheritance. He became an heir because the previous Baskerville was frightened to death by something evil. There is a legend about the Baskervilles having a devil hound to do their bidding.
No need to go into the story as every fan of the Baker Street sleuth knows it. Ian Richardson and maybe this is not his fault because he looks like him, but I swore I was watching Peter Cushing in the role. Richardson is an aesthete Holmes and Donald Churchill an avuncular Dr. Watson.
Clay captures everyone's attention playing three different parts this version is truly his.
And Holmes purists won't complain.
Denholm Elliott comes calling at Baker Street for Sherlock Holmes on behalf of young Henry Baskerville played by Nicholas Clay. Clay is over from America to claim his inheritance. He became an heir because the previous Baskerville was frightened to death by something evil. There is a legend about the Baskervilles having a devil hound to do their bidding.
No need to go into the story as every fan of the Baker Street sleuth knows it. Ian Richardson and maybe this is not his fault because he looks like him, but I swore I was watching Peter Cushing in the role. Richardson is an aesthete Holmes and Donald Churchill an avuncular Dr. Watson.
Clay captures everyone's attention playing three different parts this version is truly his.
And Holmes purists won't complain.