Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate.
Richard Greene - Sir Henry Baskerville
Basil Rathbone - Holmes
Wendy Barrie - Beryl Stapleton
Nigel Bruce - Dr. Watson
Lionel Atwill - James Mortimer M.D.
John Carradine - Barryman
Barlowe Borland - Frankland
Beryl Mercer - Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer
Morton Lowry - John Stapleton
Ralph Forbes - Sir Hugo Baskerville
E.E. Clive - Cabby
Eily Malyon - Mrs. Barryman
Lionel Pape - Coroner
Nigel De Brulier - Convict (as Nigel de Brulier)
Mary Gordon - Mrs. Hudson
Ian Maclaren - Sir Charles (as Ian MacLaren)
Brandon Beach - Ship Passenger
Leonard Carey - Hugo's Servant
James Carlisle - Ship Passenger
Jack Egger - Boy
Herschel Graham - Ship Passenger
Kenneth Hunter - Ship's Officer
Frank McLure - Ship Passenger
Vesey O'Davoren - Ship's Steward
Rita Page - Chambermaid
John Graham Spacey - Ship's Porter
Ruth Terry - Betsy Ann
David Thursby - Open Carriage Driver
Peter Willes - Roderick
Mary Young - Betsy Ann's Mother
Richard Greene - Sir Henry Baskerville
Basil Rathbone - Holmes
Wendy Barrie - Beryl Stapleton
Nigel Bruce - Dr. Watson
Lionel Atwill - James Mortimer M.D.
John Carradine - Barryman
Barlowe Borland - Frankland
Beryl Mercer - Mrs. Jennifer Mortimer
Morton Lowry - John Stapleton
Ralph Forbes - Sir Hugo Baskerville
E.E. Clive - Cabby
Eily Malyon - Mrs. Barryman
Lionel Pape - Coroner
Nigel De Brulier - Convict (as Nigel de Brulier)
Mary Gordon - Mrs. Hudson
Ian Maclaren - Sir Charles (as Ian MacLaren)
Brandon Beach - Ship Passenger
Leonard Carey - Hugo's Servant
James Carlisle - Ship Passenger
Jack Egger - Boy
Herschel Graham - Ship Passenger
Kenneth Hunter - Ship's Officer
Frank McLure - Ship Passenger
Vesey O'Davoren - Ship's Steward
Rita Page - Chambermaid
John Graham Spacey - Ship's Porter
Ruth Terry - Betsy Ann
David Thursby - Open Carriage Driver
Peter Willes - Roderick
Mary Young - Betsy Ann's Mother
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00:01:36Hello there! Hello there! Is something wrong?
00:01:39My wife and I found him lying dead in the U alley, face downward. What did you do then?
00:01:58I hurried across the moor to fetch the doctor, Dr Mortimer. He was at dinner with Miss Stapleton and her brother.
00:02:04Very well, Bannerman, that's all. Yes, sir.
00:02:13Dr Mortimer, to what do you attribute the death of Sir Charles?
00:02:19Heart failure, sir. I might add that for some time Sir Charles was in a highly nervous state. Worried. Something was preying on his mind.
00:02:27And did he confide to you what was preying on his mind?
00:02:35Well...
00:02:36No.
00:02:39Well, then what about those footprints, Mortimer? As though Sir Charles had been tiptoeing back towards the house.
00:02:43I examined them myself. And as a man of science, I...
00:02:46So did I, Mr Stapleton. More likely Sir Charles was running.
00:02:49Running? Running from what?
00:02:51If you please, gentlemen, one at a time.
00:02:53Why don't you tell the truth, all of you? Tell all you know.
00:02:56Silence, Mr Franklin.
00:02:57You've already testified you were not there and know nothing would ever of this matter.
00:03:02Nevertheless, I insist he was murdered.
00:03:05Murdered, I tell you.
00:03:06That will do, sir. That will do.
00:03:09There were no marks on the body of any kind, Dr Mortimer?
00:03:12None.
00:03:13Then as his physician, what would you say was the cause of Sir Charles' death?
00:03:19Most emphatically, a heart failure, sir.
00:03:21Such, then, gentlemen, is the verdict of this coroner's court.
00:03:28Call it what you like. Sir Charles was murdered.
00:03:31There's more than one person in this room knows I speak the truth.
00:03:51I'm blessed if I know why on earth you want all these clippings about this Baskerville fella.
00:04:11I have an idea, Watson, that young Sir Henry isn't destined for a very long existence in this world.
00:04:15What?
00:04:16My conjecture is that he'll be murdered.
00:04:19Murdered?
00:04:20It'll be very interesting to see if my deductions are accurate.
00:04:27Oh, Mr. Holmes, while you were out, a gentleman called to see you and left this.
00:04:31He asked you to give it to me?
00:04:32Oh, no, sir. He just left it by mistake, I imagine.
00:04:36Dr. Mortimer?
00:04:37He didn't leave his name, sir.
00:04:39No, it's here on the stick, Mrs. Hudson.
00:04:40Oh, is it? I didn't notice.
00:04:41Do you know any Dr. Mortimer, Watson?
00:04:43No? What did he want?
00:04:44He didn't say, sir.
00:04:46What do you make of it, Watson?
00:04:47Why should I make anything of it?
00:04:49The fellow came to see you.
00:04:50Ah, but what kind of a fellow?
00:04:52Let me hear you reconstruct him from his walking stick by our usual method of elementary observation.
00:04:57Well, I should say that Dr. Mortimer is a successful man.
00:05:02Well esteemed.
00:05:03Good.
00:05:04Excellent.
00:05:04I should say that he does a great deal of his visiting on foot, because the iron ferrule is worn down.
00:05:09Perfectly, sir.
00:05:10Let's have a look at this inscription.
00:05:13From his friends of the C.C.H.
00:05:16C.C.H.
00:05:17I should say that's the something-or-other hunt.
00:05:20Really, Watson, you've excelled yourself.
00:05:22Oh, does anything escape me?
00:05:24Almost everything, my dear fellow.
00:05:26Huh?
00:05:27A present to a doctor, I'd say, is more likely to come from a hospital than a hunt.
00:05:31And when the letters C.C. are placed before the hospital, the name Charing Cross Hospital rather obviously presents itself.
00:05:37Oh, well, you may be right.
00:05:39Furthermore, I'd say that Dr. Mortimer had a small practice in the country and was the owner of a dog.
00:05:44How can you tell that?
00:05:45Quite simple.
00:05:46From the teeth marks.
00:05:47Look, you can see for yourself.
00:05:49A rather large dog, I'd say.
00:05:51And unless I'm mistaken, Dr. Mortimer will call on us again in a few moments.
00:05:55Rubbish, Holmes.
00:05:56Rubbish.
00:05:57How the devil can you deduce that?
00:05:58Well, as he left his stick, isn't it reasonable to presume that he'll come back and get it?
00:06:03Dr. Mortimer, sir.
00:06:07Mr. Holmes.
00:06:08Yes, come in, Dr. Mortimer.
00:06:11I took the liberty of calling upon you.
00:06:13And left your stick.
00:06:14Oh, so I did.
00:06:15Thank you so much.
00:06:16A presentation, I see.
00:06:17Yes, sir, from Charing Cross Hospital.
00:06:22This is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:06:24Of course.
00:06:25How do you do, sir?
00:06:26Mr. Holmes.
00:06:27You're the one man in all England who can help me.
00:06:30Well, won't you sit down?
00:06:33A friend of mine is in grave danger.
00:06:36May I inquire his name?
00:06:37Sir Henry Baskerville.
00:06:38Heir to the estate of Baskerville Hall.
00:06:44I'm in mortal fear Sir Henry's life will be snuffed out.
00:06:50Why, what makes you think that?
00:06:51I have information which leads me to believe that for centuries past, every Baskerville who's inherited the estates has met with a violent and sudden death.
00:07:00But as I recall it, Sir Charles died from natural causes, heart failure.
00:07:03Apparently, that was the verdict of the coroner, in which I, Sir Charles' physician, concurred.
00:07:09But there was one point which I kept back from the police, from everybody.
00:07:13Yes?
00:07:13About 50 years from where Sir Charles fell dead, were footprints.
00:07:20A man's or a woman's?
00:07:22Mr. Holmes.
00:07:23They were the footprints of a gigantic hound.
00:07:27A hound?
00:07:28A hound?
00:07:29Well, why didn't you report it?
00:07:30Not a soul as I believed it.
00:07:32During the night it rained, and in the morning the marks were completely obliterated.
00:07:35But I saw them as clearly as I see you.
00:07:39And then, a few days ago, as one of the executors of the estate, I found this.
00:07:46This old document.
00:07:49Legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles.
00:07:53Let me read it to you, Mr. Holmes.
00:07:55It's quite short.
00:07:56I won't bore you, I promise.
00:07:58Yes, please, go on.
00:08:01In the time of the Great Rebellion, about 1650, Baskerville Manor was held by Hugo of
00:08:07that name, a profane and godless man.
00:08:10One Michaelmas, this Hugo stole down upon a neighboring farm and carried off the daughter
00:08:14of the house.
00:08:15He locked her in an upper chamber, and while Hugo and his friends were carousing, as was
00:08:19their nightly custom.
00:08:21Such a cuddlesome little wench never existed before, I swear.
00:08:32Cheeks soft as velvet, a form so wondrously rounded.
00:08:36Wow.
00:08:37Tell us more.
00:08:38What happened then?
00:08:39Where was I?
00:08:40Her form, you were saying.
00:08:41Oh, yes.
00:08:42No need to cry out, I told her.
00:08:44Hugo will not hurt you.
00:08:46With that, I whisked her up on me saddle, comered her with me cloak, and we were off like
00:08:51the wind.
00:08:52You brought her here?
00:08:53To the manor?
00:08:54Where is she?
00:08:55Go, Victor, Hugo.
00:08:56Please have set them down, eh, Hugo?
00:08:58How can he fetch her if she isn't here?
00:09:00Oh, she isn't, eh?
00:09:02Come on, I'll show you.
00:09:04Here we go.
00:09:05iederah.
00:09:06Here we go.
00:09:07Here we go.
00:09:08That's a good one, Hugo.
00:09:09Uh-huh.
00:09:10Here we go.
00:09:11Here we go.
00:09:12Here we go.
00:09:13There we go.
00:09:14Here we go.
00:09:15There we go.
00:09:16May we come in, my sweet.
00:09:19These drunken socks will give Hugo the...
00:09:23There is no good.
00:09:24Gone!
00:09:25Gone!
00:09:26Gone!
00:09:27Oh!
00:09:28What's wrong, sir?
00:09:40She's gone, the wench.
00:09:42Well, don't stand there gaping.
00:09:43Go bring my mare.
00:09:46What's wrong?
00:09:47I've never seen him in such a rage.
00:09:49Where's he gone?
00:09:50Let's follow him.
00:09:51Let's go, Roderick.
00:09:52Farewell.
00:09:53Come on, Matthew.
00:09:54Hold the stirrup, you blockhead.
00:10:00I'll give my soul to the devil for that wench.
00:10:04Do you hear how he flicks his soul to the devil for that wench?
00:10:07Well, may he find her and weather.
00:10:08Then the devil will have his soul.
00:10:17On and on they rode until suddenly they came upon the body of the girl.
00:10:24Dead.
00:10:32Then, from just over a rise, they heard sounds so hideous that the blood froze in their veins.
00:10:38And looking up, they beheld...
00:10:39Before we could get at him, Sir Hugo was dead.
00:10:52His body literally torn to shreds.
00:10:55Such is the history of the hound that has cursed the Baskerville family ever since.
00:10:59Many having been unhappy in their deaths.
00:11:02That have been sudden, violent, and mysterious.
00:11:06Well, Mr. Holmes.
00:11:13Interesting.
00:11:15Very interesting.
00:11:17What do you think?
00:11:17I don't know.
00:11:19But Sir Henry's arriving from Canada tomorrow.
00:11:21Please understand my dilemma, my responsibility.
00:11:23I was Sir Charles' best friend.
00:11:25My duty is to protect that boy.
00:11:27If I should take him down there to Baskerville Hall and anything happen to him...
00:11:30What I'd suggest, Dr. Mortimer, is that when Sir Henry arrives, you bring him here.
00:11:34Oh, thank you.
00:11:35Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:11:36You don't know what a load you've taken off my mind.
00:11:41Good night, Dr. Watson.
00:11:42Good night, sir.
00:11:43You've left your stick again.
00:11:45Oh.
00:11:47Father-bye, Dr. Mortimer.
00:11:49You have a dog.
00:11:51I have no dog.
00:11:51Then how do you account for these marks?
00:11:56Evidently, the teeth marks of a dog.
00:11:59I used to have a dog.
00:12:01A small spaniel.
00:12:04But it died.
00:12:06Good night.
00:12:07Good night.
00:12:14Well, Holmes, what do you make of it?
00:12:17Do you think there's anything in it?
00:12:18Good heavens, you're not going to start scratching on that infernal thing, are you?
00:12:27Dear old Watson.
00:12:48Well, goodbye, Sir Henry.
00:13:00If you ever go back to Canada, be sure you'll sail with us.
00:13:02Thanks.
00:13:03You've all been wonderful.
00:13:04The very best of luck, sir.
00:13:05And the same to you.
00:13:06This way, Sir Henry.
00:13:08Ah, here you are, sonny.
00:13:09Thank you, sir.
00:13:10And you?
00:13:10Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:13:11And you.
00:13:12Thank you, sir.
00:13:14Oh, Sir Henry.
00:13:15Oh, it's too bad.
00:13:16It's all over.
00:13:17Just when you and Betsy Ann were really getting to know each other.
00:13:21Oh, but we are going to see one another in London, aren't we, Sir Henry?
00:13:24Oh, I should love to.
00:13:26But, uh, I have to go down to the country, unfortunately.
00:13:29To your ancestral estates.
00:13:31How exciting.
00:13:33Perhaps, Betsy Ann, if you're very good, Sir Henry will ask us to visit him.
00:13:38Of course, yes.
00:13:39Who will stay in at the Savoy?
00:13:41Don't forget.
00:13:42I won't.
00:13:42Goodbye.
00:13:43Goodbye.
00:13:43Goodbye.
00:13:43Goodbye.
00:13:45Goodbye.
00:13:46Sir Henry.
00:13:49Yes.
00:13:49I'm Dr. Mortimer.
00:13:50Your uncle was my best friend.
00:13:52How do you do?
00:13:53Thank you for coming to meet me.
00:13:54Not at all, my dear boy.
00:13:55Did you have a pleasant trip?
00:13:56Splendid.
00:13:57I've taken rooms for you at the Northumberland Hotel, where I'm stopping.
00:14:00Fine.
00:14:02I assume you'll be staying in London for a few days.
00:14:04Yes.
00:14:04I haven't seen it since I was a boy.
00:14:07Thank you, sir.
00:14:08Northumberland Hotel.
00:14:09Sir Charles' death was a great personal loss to me.
00:14:18I was more than his doctor.
00:14:22What's this?
00:14:29What are those words?
00:14:30Do you mind, Sir Henry?
00:14:41No, not at all.
00:14:43What do you make of it, Mr. Holmes?
00:14:46Why do you think that last word is printed in ink?
00:14:49Oh, that's simple enough.
00:14:51The words have been snipped from the London Times.
00:14:53That's evident from the topography.
00:14:55But the word Moore is an unusual word.
00:14:57Your correspondent evidently couldn't find it in the newspaper.
00:15:00You'll admit, Dr. Mortimer, there's nothing supernatural about this.
00:15:03Supernatural?
00:15:04Tell me, Sir Henry, has anything else unusual happened to you today,
00:15:07since your arrival in London?
00:15:09I can't think of anything.
00:15:11Unless you'd say that losing one of your boots is unusual.
00:15:16You lost one of your boots?
00:15:17Yes, and brand new ones, too.
00:15:18Never had them on.
00:15:19I put them outside the door to be clean,
00:15:21and when I went to fetch them, there was only one there.
00:15:23Brand new boots, and you put them out to be cleaned?
00:15:26They were tan ones, Dr. Watson.
00:15:27It prevents them from scratching to have them polished first.
00:15:30Now, will you please tell me what this is all about?
00:15:33Dr. Mortimer bringing me here to see you.
00:15:35This letter.
00:15:36It's about you, Sir Henry.
00:15:37Your inheritance in Baskerville Hall.
00:15:40And Dr. Mortimer thinks that it might not be safe for you to go down there.
00:15:43Safe?
00:15:43On account of a hound.
00:15:45A wild, supernatural monster
00:15:47that has cursed you Baskervilles for the last two or three hundred years.
00:15:50Oh, that sounds grand.
00:15:51A family ghost, eh?
00:15:53Why didn't you tell me about this before, Dr. Mortimer?
00:15:55Well, uh, Mr. Holmes suggested...
00:15:57He's going to tell you about it now, Sir Henry.
00:15:59Take him back to the hotel, Dr. Mortimer.
00:16:01Show him that old document.
00:16:02Tell him everything.
00:16:03The whole business.
00:16:04I'll join you a little later.
00:16:05Come on, we'll stroll back.
00:16:06You can tell me on the way.
00:16:07This is not something to joke about, Sir Henry.
00:16:09Believe me.
00:16:10See you presently.
00:16:11Good night.
00:16:15What's up?
00:16:16Shh!
00:16:17Shh!
00:16:17Come on, Watson.
00:16:20What's up now?
00:16:21Where are we going?
00:16:24You'll see soon enough.
00:16:25We've got a moment to lose.
00:16:26Let's see.
00:16:26Let's see.
00:16:48Keep an eye on that hansom.
00:16:58This letter dates back to about 1650.
00:17:05Get your paper, evening paper, evening paper, evening paper sir, get your evening paper.
00:17:15Tells you all the latest news that's gone on, sir.
00:17:19Tells you all about it.
00:17:21Thank you, sir.
00:17:22Evening paper.
00:17:24A dissonant, drunken fellow.
00:17:28He was a dissonant.
00:17:31Look out! Stop!
00:17:35Whip up, Chabby. Whip up, I say.
00:17:38Very good, sir.
00:17:40Who was it?
00:17:44I don't know, but it's just as I expected.
00:17:48Hadn't we better hurry on and warm them?
00:17:50No, no, no. They're not in any danger.
00:17:52Now, here's the number of that hansom.
00:17:54Find out from Scotland Yard who the cabbie is, and if you can, fetch him along to the hotel.
00:17:57I'll do my best.
00:17:59Well, now that Dr Mortimer has told you everything, what have you decided?
00:18:12To go there, of course.
00:18:13Good. That's what I thought you'd say.
00:18:15And if Dr Mortimer will only guarantee that this supernatural hound of his will really appear, I'd call the radio.
00:18:20Oh, don't say that, my boy.
00:18:22Sounds like a bogey story they tell kids to frighten them at night, doesn't it, Mr. Holmes?
00:18:26Yes, rather.
00:18:28It might interest you to know, however, that you were shadowed from my house.
00:18:32Shadowed?
00:18:34Yes, and probably have been ever since you arrived in London.
00:18:37By whom?
00:18:38I don't know.
00:18:40A man and a hansom.
00:18:42He must have seen me run after him and had the cabbie dash off.
00:18:45Oh, bye-bye.
00:18:47Did you ever discover your mislaid boot?
00:18:49No.
00:18:50Hello.
00:18:53Well, the brown one's here, but one of the black ones is gone.
00:18:58I'll ring for the chambermaid. Perhaps she can explain.
00:19:00Yes, do.
00:19:01Now, why should anyone want to take an odd boot and then exchange a brand new one for an old one?
00:19:08Can you explain it, Mr. Holmes?
00:19:10No, no, I can't.
00:19:11Come in.
00:19:14Did you ring, sir?
00:19:15Yes, about that boot of mine.
00:19:17Oh, I haven't found it yet, sir. I've made inquiries all over the hotel.
00:19:20Well, it's back, the brown one, but now one of my black ones is gone.
00:19:23Oh, sir, that is odd.
00:19:26Who else except yourself has access to this apartment?
00:19:29Only the housekeeper, sir, and she wouldn't do a thing like that.
00:19:32No, no, no, of course not.
00:19:33I'm terribly sorry, sir. I'll do my best to find your boot.
00:19:36All right, thanks.
00:19:37Good evening, gentlemen.
00:19:38Good evening, Dr. Watson.
00:19:39I've got him. Come on in, Clayton.
00:19:42Come this way.
00:19:43This is John Clayton, number 2704.
00:19:47How do you do, sir?
00:19:48How do you do, Clayton?
00:19:49Won't you, won't you sit down?
00:19:52Won't keep you long. It's good of you to come.
00:19:54Thank you, sir.
00:19:58Now, Clayton, I wish you'd tell us who your fare was that watched a certain house on Baker Street this evening
00:20:03and later followed these two gentlemen?
00:20:06Well, I'm glad, sir. You know as much as I do, sir.
00:20:09Well, not quite as much, I hope.
00:20:11The gent said as though he was a detective, sir.
00:20:14Oh, he did?
00:20:15Yes, sir.
00:20:16Mm-hmm.
00:20:17How would you describe this gentleman, Clayton?
00:20:20Well, I suppose about 35 years of age, sir. Dressed like a torf. Had a small black beard, sir.
00:20:30And the colour of his eyes?
00:20:31I can't say, sir.
00:20:33I see. When did he tell you that he was a detective?
00:20:37At the station, sir. When he'd give me the two guineas of what he'd promised me.
00:20:41Mm-hmm. Did he tell you his name?
00:20:43Yes, sir.
00:20:44What did he say it was?
00:20:45Sherlock Holmes, sir.
00:20:47What?
00:20:48Well, that's the name what he gave me, sir.
00:20:51Sherlock Holmes.
00:20:53Well, whoever it is at least has a sense of humour.
00:20:57Here, Clayton, here's, uh, here's something for your trouble.
00:21:01Thank you, sir.
00:21:02Thank you, kindly, sir.
00:21:04Is there anything else I can tell you, sir?
00:21:06Nothing at all, I think.
00:21:07Oh, sir. Good day, sir.
00:21:08Good day.
00:21:09Good day, gentlemen.
00:21:15Well, Mr. Holmes, have we progressed?
00:21:17Uh, do you think?
00:21:18Perhaps.
00:21:19Uh, tell me, sir Henry, when were you planning to go down to Dartmoor?
00:21:23Immediately. Tomorrow.
00:21:24I'm really awfully keen to see the old place.
00:21:26Uh, you'll accompany us, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:28Uh, I'd like to very much, Dr. Mortimer, but unfortunately I have some rather pressing business here in London.
00:21:33Of course, and there's no need.
00:21:34Please don't think me ungrateful, Dr. Mortimer.
00:21:36I do appreciate your concern for me, but this story of the hound, it's nonsense.
00:21:41As for that silly letter and all the rest of it, I'm sure it can all quite easily be explained.
00:21:45I quite agree with you, sir Henry.
00:21:47All the same, if you don't mind, I'd like to ask, uh, Dr. Watson to go down with you.
00:21:50What, sir?
00:21:51If you don't mind, Watson.
00:21:52Gladly, if you care to come.
00:21:53Of course.
00:21:54I'd be delighted.
00:21:55Good.
00:21:56Oh, thank you, thank you, Dr. Watson, and thank you, sir.
00:21:59Then we'll stalk the hound together.
00:22:00Ah, don't take it too lightly, Sir Henry.
00:22:02Well, I must be going.
00:22:03Uh, Mr. Holmes.
00:22:04Yes, Dr. Mortimer.
00:22:05About that person calling himself Sherlock Holmes.
00:22:07Very interesting, Dr. Mortimer.
00:22:09Uh, you'll learn.
00:22:10Keep me posted, Watson.
00:22:11Write me daily reports.
00:22:12To the smallest detail, Holmes.
00:22:13Fine.
00:22:14I give him into your care, Sir Henry.
00:22:16Guard him well.
00:22:17Good night.
00:22:18Guard me well.
00:22:19Huh.
00:22:20I, I like that.
00:22:21Oh, guard me well.
00:22:34Here we are, Sir Henry, on famous Dartmoor.
00:22:37And what a history it has.
00:22:40You see those rocks over there?
00:22:42Actually, they're stone houses built by Neolithic man, fifty, a hundred thousand years ago.
00:22:47You don't suppose the Vaskervilles go back that far?
00:22:51And over there, beyond that hill, those dark spots, that's the great Grimpen Mire.
00:22:58As treacherous a morass as exists anywhere.
00:23:01Thousands of lives have been sucked down into its bottomless depths.
00:23:05Cheerful little spot, but fascinating.
00:23:08Oh, it is, Sir Henry.
00:23:09Oh, it is, Sir Henry.
00:23:10And mysterious.
00:23:11No wonder the people about here have such odd beliefs.
00:23:15Some will tell you that nothing ever really dies upon the moor.
00:23:19And after a time, one gets you to believe it.
00:23:22Really?
00:23:23Do you believe that?
00:23:24Of course not.
00:23:25If I believed all the legends about this place, I wouldn't live here.
00:23:31I wouldn't have the courage.
00:23:34And now, if you look, Vaskerville Hall.
00:23:39The home of your ancestors, Sir Henry.
00:23:41How are you, Barryman?
00:23:42Very well, thank you, sir.
00:23:44This is Barryman the butler, Sir Henry, and Mrs. Barryman.
00:23:45Welcome, Sir Henry.
00:23:46Welcome to Vaskerville Hall.
00:23:48Barryman was with your uncle most of his life, as was his father before him.
00:23:49Well, I hope you'll be just as happy here with me.
00:23:50Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:23:53This is Barryman the butler, Sir Henry, and Mrs. Barryman.
00:23:55Welcome, Sir Henry.
00:23:56Welcome to Vaskerville Hall.
00:23:58Barryman was with your uncle most of his life, as was his father before him.
00:24:01Well, I hope you'll be just as happy here with me.
00:24:03Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:24:21Vaskerville Hall.
00:24:23Just as it has always been, Sir Henry.
00:24:26Your uncle did some modernizing upstairs, but down here nothing has been added or taken away since Sir Hugo's time.
00:24:32Well, I wouldn't say it's the most cheerful spot I've ever seen.
00:24:35I beg your pardon, sir.
00:24:36What time do you wish dinner served, sir?
00:24:38Early, I think.
00:24:39Dr. Mortimer has to drive home.
00:24:41Tell the coachman to have the carriage ready after dinner.
00:24:43I'll tell him, sir.
00:24:44Now, I suppose you'd like to freshen up.
00:24:46There's hot water in your room, sir.
00:24:48I'll show the way.
00:24:51Be careful, sir.
00:24:52These steps are a bit in need of repair.
00:25:21I'm not quite careful.
00:25:22I befrato you, sir.
00:25:23What's the heck?
00:25:24You've only been emerging here since I am at one point ?
00:25:26When can you make a problem of her abnormal heart vertically
00:25:50I didn't want to startle you. I thought you might be asleep.
00:26:04What is it?
00:26:05Come quickly. Someone's prowling around.
00:26:20Come quickly.
00:26:50What are you doing, Barryman?
00:26:54Oh, nothing, sir. It was the window.
00:26:57The window?
00:26:59Yes, sir. I was just seeing that it was fastened.
00:27:01Well, does it matter whether it's fastened or not, the window on the second floor?
00:27:05I go around every night seeing that they're fastened.
00:27:08Sir Charles always insisted upon it.
00:27:10Well, that sounds reasonable enough.
00:27:14Well, if it's properly fastened now, Barryman, you can get back to bed.
00:27:17Yes, sir. Thank you.
00:27:20Do you see anything?
00:27:31Nothing.
00:27:33Nothing except a pinpoint of light a long way off over there by the crags.
00:27:40Well, keep your eye on that point of light.
00:27:43And tell me what happens.
00:27:45Do you see anything now?
00:27:55It's gone now.
00:27:57There it is again.
00:27:59And there it goes.
00:28:00Just as I thought.
00:28:02Barryman was signaling to someone.
00:28:04Come on, get some clothes.
00:28:05We'll find out.
00:28:06It's still there.
00:28:25Yes.
00:28:29Try not to lose sight of it.
00:28:30It's still there.
00:28:31It's still there.
00:28:31It's still there.
00:28:31It's still there.
00:28:32It's still there.
00:28:32It's still there.
00:28:32It's still there.
00:28:33It's still there.
00:28:33It's still there.
00:28:34It's still there.
00:28:34It's still there.
00:28:35It's still there.
00:28:35It's still there.
00:28:36It's still there.
00:28:36It's still there.
00:28:37It's still there.
00:28:37It's still there.
00:28:38It's still there.
00:28:38It's still there.
00:28:39It's still there.
00:28:39It's still there.
00:28:40It's still there.
00:28:40It's still there.
00:28:41It's still there.
00:28:41It's still there.
00:28:42It's still there.
00:28:43It's still there.
00:28:43It's still there.
00:28:44It's still there.
00:28:45It's still there.
00:28:46It's still there.
00:29:17Crouch down here, whoever it is may come back.
00:29:47What about getting a little further away from that light?
00:30:00Up there.
00:30:01Good idea.
00:30:02Are you mad?
00:30:14Whoever it is knows his way among these rocks.
00:30:16We don't.
00:30:17Who the devil can it be?
00:30:19You were right about Barrowman.
00:30:22Yes, but what connection can there possibly be between that horrible creature and Barrowman?
00:30:28You know, I have half a mind to fire the fellow in the morning, then notify the police and let them shadow him.
00:30:32No, it's the last thing that Holmes would want us to do.
00:30:35Our job is to watch Barrowman.
00:30:37Watch him like a hawk.
00:30:38Come on, let's get back.
00:31:08What do you think it is?
00:31:19What does it sound like to you?
00:31:24Well, if we were back in London, this would seem ridiculous.
00:31:30Let's get on.
00:31:31Look here, doctor.
00:31:38You don't believe that nonsense, do you?
00:31:40Of course not.
00:31:43No more than you know.
00:31:44Good morning.
00:32:04Good morning, Sir Henry.
00:32:05So that's our famous moor, eh?
00:32:07Yes, sir.
00:32:14Come in.
00:32:27Oh, where's Sir Henry?
00:32:30He went out, sir.
00:32:32Where?
00:32:33Across the moor.
00:32:34Didn't I tell you to let me know immediately?
00:32:36If Sir Henry ever ventured out there alone?
00:32:38I know, but I only just found out from my wife.
00:32:44Hello there!
00:33:10Oh, forgive my shouting at you, Dr. Watson.
00:33:12My name's Stapleton.
00:33:14I live just across the moor.
00:33:15But how did you know my name, sir?
00:33:16Oh, from Dr. Mortimer, one of our neighbours.
00:33:18Oh, yes, sir.
00:33:19Hi, Sir Henry.
00:33:20He's very well, thank you.
00:33:21We were a bit worried he might decide not to come here.
00:33:24After the rumours that followed the sad death of Sir Charles,
00:33:26has Mr. Sherlock Holmes come to any conclusion yet?
00:33:29I really can't say.
00:33:30Oh, is he going to honour us with a visit?
00:33:32I haven't the slightest idea.
00:33:33Well, if I can be of any help, I do hope you'll call upon me.
00:33:36I know this place pretty well.
00:33:37Thank you, but I don't think I shall be needing any help.
00:33:40Wonderful place, this moor.
00:33:41From a scientist's point of view, there's nothing like it.
00:33:46Vast, barren, mysterious.
00:33:49You see those bright green spots over there?
00:33:51Seems a little more fertile than the rest.
00:33:53Fertile?
00:33:54That's the great Grimpen Mire.
00:33:56One false step means death.
00:33:58Only yesterday, one of the moor ponies wandered into it.
00:34:01Turned me sick with horror to see it struggling.
00:34:03And the sound of it screams...
00:34:04What's that?
00:34:09Oh, that.
00:34:10Well, the people round here say it's the hound.
00:34:12Surely you don't believe such rot?
00:34:14Bogs make queer noises.
00:34:16Or perhaps it's a bittern booming.
00:34:18A bittern?
00:34:19Yes, a very rare bird.
00:34:20Practically extinct.
00:34:21If anything is extinct on the moor...
00:34:23Stop!
00:34:23Stop!
00:34:25Look out!
00:34:26Stop!
00:34:28That was a voice.
00:34:29A woman's voice.
00:34:34Thank heavens you heard me.
00:34:35Another few yards you'd have been into that mire.
00:34:38Looks innocent, doesn't it?
00:34:40But only yesterday a little moor pony got into it.
00:34:42And that was the end of it.
00:34:44Well, thank you for shouting at me.
00:34:46You're Sir Henry?
00:34:47Yes.
00:34:48Oh, I suppose I should say welcome, Sir Henry.
00:34:51But I'm afraid it wouldn't be sincere.
00:34:52Oh, that's understandable.
00:34:54The stranger coming here and taking the place of someone you were fond of.
00:34:57Oh, it's not that.
00:34:58No?
00:34:59Tell me, what is it?
00:35:00Sounds silly, I know.
00:35:02But...
00:35:02Oh, it's not that ridiculous hound legend.
00:35:04I never used to believe those things...
00:35:06...till I came to live down here.
00:35:07But you do now.
00:35:09You're rich.
00:35:10You can go anywhere you want to.
00:35:12There are so many other places to live in the world.
00:35:14Interesting places.
00:35:15Just now I find this place very interesting.
00:35:17Why, hello, Beryl.
00:35:22Hello.
00:35:23Oh, Dr. Watson, my stepsister, Miss Stapleton.
00:35:25How do you do?
00:35:25How do you do?
00:35:26Hello, doctor.
00:35:27And this, I'm sure, must be...
00:35:28Oh, Sir Henry, my brother.
00:35:30How are you?
00:35:30I was just telling Dr. Watson how delighted we are you decided to come here.
00:35:33I'm here and to stay.
00:35:35Oh, that's splendid.
00:35:36You know, it's been quite dull down here since the hall's been closed.
00:35:39It's wide open now, especially to friends of my uncle.
00:35:42You must both come and dine with me.
00:35:43You must come to us first.
00:35:45Yes, what about tomorrow night?
00:35:46You and Dr. Watson will invite the neighbors over to meet you.
00:35:49Of course, you already know Dr. Mortimer.
00:35:51The only other one's old Mr. Franklin.
00:35:53Who's he?
00:35:53Oh, wait till you meet him, Sir Henry.
00:35:55He'll bring suit against you, I warn you.
00:35:57What on earth for?
00:35:58Oh, you'll find something.
00:35:59Suing people is a passion with him.
00:36:01I'll look forward to meeting him.
00:36:02All right, tomorrow night, then.
00:36:04And thank you again for rescuing me.
00:36:07Goodbye.
00:36:08Goodbye.
00:36:08Goodbye.
00:36:08And were it not a personal insult to Sir Henry, I would never come here this evening.
00:36:37Oh, but why, Mr. Franklin?
00:36:39As a stickler for convention.
00:36:41I'm not in the habit of breaking bread with my host on the eve of prosecuting him.
00:36:45Great heavens, what crime have I committed now?
00:36:48A most gruesome one, Mr. Stapleton.
00:36:50That of body snatchin'.
00:36:52What?
00:36:52You're a body snatcher, sir.
00:36:54A ghoul.
00:36:55A despoiler of graves.
00:36:57Oh, come, come, Mr. Franklin.
00:36:59That's a very serious charge.
00:37:01Oh, Beryl, refill Mr. Franklin's glass, will you?
00:37:07Thank you, my dear.
00:37:11And an excellent vintage it is, too.
00:37:14But if you're implying that I'm tipsy, sir...
00:37:16Oh, of course he's not.
00:37:18Tell us more, Mr. Franklin.
00:37:19Whose body has Mr. Stapleton been snatching?
00:37:21According to my evidence, sir, Mr. Stapleton was seen digging among the old stone huts on the moor...
00:37:28...and removed from there a skull.
00:37:31Of that?
00:37:33A most interesting relic, Sir Henry, of Neolithic man.
00:37:36I'll show it to you after dinner.
00:37:38Fifty thousand years old if it's a day.
00:37:40Nonetheless, sir, you removed it from the grave without the consent of the next akin.
00:37:44And according to British law, that constitutes body snatchin'.
00:37:49Deny that, if you can.
00:37:52But what good will it do you to prosecute Mr. Stapleton?
00:37:55None, sir.
00:37:56I have no interest in the matter.
00:37:58I act entirely from a sense of public duty.
00:38:01If you care to drop by my house some day and take a tipple of wine with me...
00:38:05...I'll be glad to tell you a thing or two about everybody here.
00:38:09...about him prowling the grimpen mire at nights...
00:38:13...and why he takes hell with him.
00:38:16Oh, there's no secret about us.
00:38:19As you know, I dabble a bit in the occult.
00:38:21Mrs. Mortimer has very strong mediumistic qualities.
00:38:25She finds the old caves on the moor particularly conducive to psychic phenomena.
00:38:30Very interesting.
00:38:31Have you ever tried to communicate with my uncle since his death?
00:38:34Oh, yes.
00:38:35On several occasions, but with no success.
00:38:39But if my wife would consent to a seance tonight...
00:38:42...while you, Sir Henry, are present, we might...
00:38:44No, no, James.
00:38:45Not tonight.
00:38:46Please.
00:38:47Perhaps some other time.
00:38:49Shall we have coffee in the drawing room?
00:38:50Why, of course, Mrs. Mortimer.
00:38:54It's nice to be to have to stand.
00:38:56No, in Scotland.
00:38:57Don't you think...
00:38:58Yes, the best.
00:38:59If you and Dr. Watson would care to see my little collection.
00:39:01Oh, yes, the scarf.
00:39:02Yes, we're in here.
00:39:03Yes, I'd like you very much.
00:39:08Quite a museum.
00:39:09Oh, a very modest little collection.
00:39:11But this one really is quite a treasure.
00:39:13You'll observe its unusual cranial index.
00:39:18Gentlemen, gentlemen.
00:39:19My wife has consented.
00:39:21She's agreed to a seance.
00:39:22Splendid.
00:39:23Oh, fine.
00:39:24Please come at once.
00:39:27Now then, if you'll all get chairs and arrange yourselves...
00:39:30...naturally, comfortably, here for the fire...
00:39:31...as Shakespeare says, you can call spirits from the vasty deep.
00:39:35But will they answer?
00:39:37They're not answer scoffers or skeptics.
00:39:39If that's your attitude, Mr. Franklin, perhaps you wouldn't mind leaving us.
00:39:42Oh, I'm sure Mr. Franklin didn't mean to doubt.
00:39:45Of course I doubt.
00:39:46And I ask you to keep a civil tongue in your head, Dr. Mortimer.
00:39:49Ordering me out from under the roof of my host is grounds for a very nasty little lawsuit.
00:39:55Oh, come now, Mr. Franklin, sit down by me.
00:39:57Now, tonight we may communicate with Sir Charles.
00:40:02Find out what he feared so greatly.
00:40:05What he was running away from.
00:40:07Now, Jennifer, you sit here, please.
00:40:10Sir Henry, here.
00:40:12Or would you please put up those lights?
00:40:13Certainly.
00:40:16Stapleton, that light, please.
00:40:19Dr. Watson.
00:40:19Dr. Watson.
00:40:26Now, if you all keep quiet and sit quite naturally.
00:40:34Sir Henry, your hand, please.
00:40:43Sir Charles, can you speak to us?
00:40:45Sir Charles, let us know if you're present.
00:40:49There are things that only you can explain.
00:40:52Speak to us, Sir Charles, if you're here.
00:40:56There are things that only you can tell us.
00:41:02Sir Charles, can you speak to us?
00:41:06Let us know if you're present.
00:41:08There are things that only you can tell us.
00:41:11Sir Charles.
00:41:12Speak to us, Sir Charles, if you're here.
00:41:15There are things that only you can explain.
00:41:21That sound.
00:41:22I've heard it before.
00:41:24It's nothing.
00:41:25Nothing but the wind.
00:41:29Or a bittern.
00:41:30I was telling Dr. Watson only yesterday about it.
00:41:37Sir Charles?
00:41:41What happened that night?
00:41:47What was it you feared?
00:41:49Tell us, Sir Charles,
00:41:51of all the weird, terrible things
00:41:54that have happened on the moor.
00:41:58Listen.
00:42:00There it is again.
00:42:01Oh, I can't stand it.
00:42:02Will somebody put on the lights, please?
00:42:04I tell you, it's nothing.
00:42:05Nothing but the wind.
00:42:12Mr. Franklin.
00:42:15What did you think it was?
00:42:17The hound, of course.
00:42:18The hound of the Baskervilles.
00:42:20Any fool would know that.
00:42:22James.
00:42:24Get my cape.
00:42:25Take me home.
00:42:26There you are, my dear.
00:42:29Dr. Watson.
00:42:30Can I give you and Sir Henry a lift?
00:42:32No, thank you.
00:42:33We have our own carriage.
00:42:35You're trembling.
00:42:37That wasn't the wind we heard.
00:42:39I've heard that sound before, often.
00:42:41That's what I tried to tell you yesterday on the moor.
00:42:43That's why I wish you hadn't come here.
00:42:45But sounds can't hurt you.
00:42:47It doesn't matter what they are or where they come from.
00:42:49You don't know.
00:42:50Oh, you've got to get all that nonsense out of your head, Beryl.
00:42:53I wish I could.
00:42:54You're going to.
00:42:55I'm going to make it my business to see that you do.
00:42:57You've been alone too much.
00:42:59There's nothing to do down here.
00:43:00That's the trouble.
00:43:01I'm going to change all that, if you'll let me.
00:43:04We'll go fishing together.
00:43:06Riding.
00:43:07You like riding?
00:43:09Yes, I do.
00:43:10Good.
00:43:11We'll start tomorrow, shall we?
00:43:12Yes, thanks.
00:43:14Fine.
00:43:15I'll ride over for you in the morning.
00:43:16Are you coming, Sir Henry?
00:43:17Right, Doctor.
00:43:21Good night.
00:43:22Good night.
00:43:31Good night.
00:43:32Hello.
00:43:33Hello, Beryl.
00:43:34Well, where should we go today?
00:43:35There's one place we haven't been.
00:43:37High Tor.
00:43:38Fine.
00:43:39That's where all the old ruins are.
00:43:40You know, Jack says that they're over 50,000 years old.
00:43:42That sounds interesting.
00:43:43And you can still see the remains of their stone huts.
00:43:44All right, good.
00:43:45Those plattish stones over there, they're graves.
00:43:46Oh, and those huge ones, monoliths, the remains of their temples.
00:43:47Doesn't anybody know who they were or what they looked like?
00:43:48No.
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00:44:41and now they're quite forgotten
00:44:45just as we will be too one day
00:44:48do you suppose when a man met a girl that he liked
00:44:53he had to wait a respectably long time before he dared tell her
00:44:57or things like that sudden natural
00:45:01i'd like to think that things were like that
00:45:03feral that's the way they are with me
00:45:06oh oh but we've only known each other such a little while
00:45:11there you see convention custom we can't even be ourselves when we want to be
00:45:15why is that you know i used to come down here quite often
00:45:19and explore these old caves when jack and i first came to live here
00:45:22i didn't have the fear of the moor then and you've none now that's all gone
00:45:26oh when i'm with you it's gone i seem to forget it laughing and talking
00:45:31when i'm alone it all comes back to me
00:45:35and at night i i still wake up trembling as if in my sleep i could hear those awful
00:45:39noises then it gets bad as ever and i oh i think of you and i wish you weren't
00:45:44here oh don't say that well i wish you were in london or in canada
00:45:47but even if i wanted to go back to london or canada
00:45:49i couldn't why not you know why
00:45:53you must know why i can't go anywhere now unless you come with me
00:45:59oh henry
00:46:05would you mind uh pausing for a minute i'm afraid i've lost my way
00:46:20oh hello doctor sir henry and i were just
00:46:23we were we were we were getting engaged engaged splendid may i congratulate you both
00:46:30thank you thank you
00:46:37who is that it seems that we didn't pick a very secluded spot
00:46:40what do you want just crossing the moor sir
00:46:44just crossing the moor i'd be uh i'd be peddling me wares sir
00:46:49i i must have something here would interest you sir
00:46:53how about it how about a nice mouth organ sir
00:47:00no thank you
00:47:02oh here here here's something an old squire like you could use sir
00:47:06a fussle a fussle for calling your sheepdog
00:47:09calling my what sheepdog sir a regular charmer sir
00:47:13beep beep
00:47:21take it away
00:47:23and yourself with it
00:47:24i'll build some
00:47:25i'll build some scent for the ladies sir
00:47:28that'll do be off about your business
00:47:29alright alright sir
00:47:31i ain't doing no harm
00:47:32i ain't doing no harm
00:47:35you know that's what i hate about this moor
00:47:39there's always something strange
00:47:41Look, he's limping on the other foot now.
00:48:01Batterman?
00:48:04Yes, sir.
00:48:06Who delivered this note?
00:48:09No one, sir.
00:48:09I found it slipped under the front door.
00:48:34Oh, Batterman, is Sir Henry at home?
00:48:36No, sir.
00:48:37He's gone across the moor.
00:48:38Oh, I'm sorry I missed him.
00:48:40Did Dr. Watson go with him?
00:48:41No, sir.
00:48:42Oh, thank you, Batterman.
00:48:43I'll tell Sir Henry you called, sir.
00:48:45Yes, do.
00:51:22Well, I might ask the same of you, sir.
00:51:25Trowling around the moor, spying out on everybody.
00:51:29That's my business, to spy.
00:51:32Oh, what is, is it?
00:51:34Yes, and if you want to know who I am, I'll tell you.
00:51:38Who are you?
00:51:40I'm Sherlock Holmes.
00:51:43Sherlock Holmes, the detective?
00:51:45Yes, and now perhaps you'll realize why I can't be hoodwinked.
00:51:48Oh, sir, sir, sir, sir, that changes everything.
00:51:52Now, who are you?
00:51:53Quick.
00:51:54Well, in that case, sir, my name must be Watson.
00:52:00Holmes!
00:52:01So are you, my dear fellow, a fine detective you are, calling yourself Sherlock Holmes.
00:52:06So you've been down here on the moor all the time.
00:52:08That's a fine way to treat me, I must say.
00:52:10Send me down here.
00:52:12Let me think that you were in London, working on that black man kiss.
00:52:14Let me sit up half the night writing those blasted reports.
00:52:17Cheery reports, my dear Watson, and very valuable they were, too.
00:52:20I made arrangements to have them forward it on to me.
00:52:22A shabby trick, which I'll not forget.
00:52:24Ah, but a very necessary trick.
00:52:26If I'd come down here with you and Sir Henry,
00:52:28every movement of mine would have been watched.
00:52:30While in this way, only you and Sir Henry have been watched,
00:52:33and I've been free to work.
00:52:35That's all very well, but making a fool of me...
00:52:38Sit down, Watson, do sit down.
00:52:40Perhaps a little supper will help you to get over your huff.
00:52:42Huff? I'm in no huff!
00:52:44Here, try some of these sardines.
00:52:45It's a pity I didn't know you were coming.
00:52:47I'd have provided a brace of pheasant.
00:52:49It's a pity you didn't think of bringing down that infernal violin of yours
00:52:52to regale me with some of your enchanting music.
00:52:54I did, my dear Watson.
00:52:57Anything to oblige.
00:53:04Well, if you've had enough to eat, Watson,
00:53:06and you're feeling a better spirit,
00:53:07I think we'd better be getting along.
00:53:09Getting along where, if I'm not prying?
00:53:12I'm returning with you to Baskerville Hall.
00:53:15There are still some gaps to be filled in,
00:53:16saying that all in all, things are becoming a little clearer.
00:53:18Not to me, I assure you.
00:53:20Still a hopeless jumble.
00:53:21Mr. Franklin, Dr. Mortimer, the Barrowmans.
00:53:24Put it all together, and what have you got?
00:53:28Murder, my dear Watson.
00:53:31Refined, cold-blooded murder.
00:53:33Murder?
00:53:34There's no doubt about it in my mind.
00:53:35Well, perhaps I should say in my imagination,
00:53:39for that's where crimes are conceived and where they're solved.
00:53:41In the imagination.
00:53:45But there's been no murder.
00:53:47Unless you mean Sir Charles.
00:53:50And the facts clearly indicated that he died from heart failure.
00:53:54That's why so many murders remain unsolved, Watson.
00:53:56People will stick to facts, even though they prove nothing.
00:54:00Now, if we go beyond facts,
00:54:02use our imagination as the criminal does.
00:54:05Imagine what might have happened and act upon it.
00:54:07As I've been trying to do in this case,
00:54:09we usually find ourselves justified.
00:54:11Then you know?
00:54:12Another day to it the most, and I will know.
00:54:14My one fear is
00:54:15that the murder will strike before we are ready.
00:54:18In that case...
00:54:20What's that?
00:54:23Where's it coming from?
00:54:25There.
00:54:25No, no, no.
00:54:26There.
00:54:31The hound!
00:54:32Come on, Watson.
00:54:33Quick!
00:54:55Look!
00:54:57Sir Henry!
00:55:05He must have run along that ridge and fallen over the cliff.
00:55:08He's dead.
00:55:10Skull crutched in.
00:55:13The convict!
00:55:14Thank heaven!
00:55:16What?
00:55:17That's the man I shot at the night we arrived.
00:55:19The man Batterman was signaling to.
00:55:21Who is it?
00:55:22The Notting Hill murderer.
00:55:24He escaped from prison last month.
00:55:27He's been hiding on the moor ever since.
00:55:28The Notting Hill murderer?
00:55:30Do you mean that he is responsible for all this?
00:55:33That remains to be seen.
00:55:35But he's wearing Sir Henry's clothes.
00:55:37Yes.
00:55:37Yes, that accounts for it.
00:55:39Accounts for what?
00:55:40For the hound.
00:55:40These clothes were the cause of that poor devil's death.
00:55:43Do you mean that the hound was after Sir Henry?
00:55:45Yes, and mistook the convict for him
00:55:47because of the scent of the clothes.
00:55:48Do you remember that missing boot, Watson?
00:55:52Why do you suppose the brown one,
00:55:54the one that had never been worn,
00:55:56was so mysteriously replaced and the black one taken?
00:55:58Why?
00:55:59Because a boot that had never been worn
00:56:01wouldn't have had the scent of the owner.
00:56:02And the black one had.
00:56:03But how does this convict come to be wearing Sir Henry's clothes?
00:56:06Oh, well, that's simple enough.
00:56:10Why, Dr. Watson?
00:56:12Somebody hurt?
00:56:14Who's this?
00:56:15The convict who escaped from Princeton.
00:56:16Oh, how terrible.
00:56:18I heard a cry.
00:56:19That's what brought me over here.
00:56:20What's your theory about it, Mr. Holmes?
00:56:22You're quick at identification.
00:56:24Oh, everybody knows you, sir.
00:56:26As a matter of fact,
00:56:26we've been expecting you down here.
00:56:28My name's Stapleton.
00:56:29How'd you do?
00:56:30You came in time to see a tragedy.
00:56:32Yes.
00:56:32Yes, most unpleasant remembrance for me
00:56:34to take back to London tomorrow.
00:56:36Oh, must you go so soon?
00:56:37I've been looking forward to meeting you.
00:56:38Yes, yes, I'm afraid I must.
00:56:40We were hoping, Mr. Holmes,
00:56:41that you may be able to shed some light
00:56:42on the occurrences that have puzzled us down here.
00:56:44Yes, but an investigator needs something
00:56:48more than legends and rumors.
00:56:50Oh, quite so.
00:56:52Give me a hand, will you, Watson?
00:56:54We'd better put this poor fellow
00:56:55in one of the huts for the morning.
00:56:56Let me give you a hand.
00:56:57Oh, I think we can manage you all right.
00:57:08Where's Sir Henry Batterman?
00:57:09In the library, sir.
00:57:10Now, Batterman, if your wife's still up,
00:57:14will you tell her Mr. Sherlock Holmes
00:57:15would like a word with her?
00:57:16Sherlock Holmes?
00:57:17Yes.
00:57:19Yes, sir.
00:57:27Sir Henry!
00:57:29Holmes!
00:57:29I'm glad to see you so well, Sir Henry.
00:57:31Why didn't you tell me Mr. Holmes was coming?
00:57:33Well, I was just...
00:57:34Oh, he didn't know.
00:57:35We ran across each other in the village.
00:57:36I am glad to see you.
00:57:37What is it, Batterman?
00:57:38Oh, I asked to see Mrs. Batterman,
00:57:40if you don't mind, Sir Henry.
00:57:41Of course not.
00:57:43Come in, Mrs. Batterman.
00:57:47I, uh, I think you'd better sit down.
00:57:49Thank you, sir.
00:57:50I prefer to stand.
00:57:53I'm afraid I've some rather bad news for you.
00:57:56What is it?
00:57:58Well, it's going to be a bit of a shock.
00:58:00Oh.
00:58:02They've caught him.
00:58:02Your, uh, your brother.
00:58:11They'll hang him for sure.
00:58:14No, Mrs. Batterman.
00:58:16He's beyond the law now.
00:58:18He's in more merciful hands.
00:58:19We came upon the poor fellow as we were crossing the moor.
00:58:28He must have missed his footing and fallen over the cliff.
00:58:31No further need, Batterman, to signal to him from the window or take food out to him or give him Sir Henry's discarded clothes.
00:58:40Oh, Sir Henry.
00:58:42It was all my doing.
00:58:44Batterman here wanted to tell you all along so as you could notify the police.
00:58:49But he was my kin.
00:58:50My old kin.
00:58:52Even though he wasn't never any good.
00:58:55We understand.
00:58:58He won't hold it against Batterman.
00:59:01Will you, sir?
00:59:02Of course not.
00:59:03Now take her along and see that she's all right.
00:59:06Thank you, sir.
00:59:07Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:59:08Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:59:14Well, it's nice to get that end cleared up, for their sake as well as mine.
00:59:19It clears up everything, I think, Sir Henry.
00:59:21That poor devil must have been completely demented.
00:59:24And that accounts for those dreadful noises that we've been hearing from time to time.
00:59:27Exactly.
00:59:27Your troubles were over, Sir Henry.
00:59:29I really am most grateful, Mr. Holmes.
00:59:31Oh, not at all.
00:59:32I've done little enough.
00:59:33But you can sleep peacefully in your bed now and commence to lead the life of a happy country squire.
00:59:38Well, not for a little bit, I'm afraid.
00:59:40I'm off to Canada again.
00:59:42Canada?
00:59:42Sir, Beryl, Miss Stapleton and I are going to be married.
00:59:46Miss Stapleton?
00:59:47A very charming young lady.
00:59:49Congratulations.
00:59:50Everything's arranged.
00:59:51Her brother's giving us a farewell party tomorrow night.
00:59:53We'll be married in London the following day and then off for a honeymoon to Canada.
00:59:57My congratulations, too, Sir Henry.
00:59:58Thanks.
00:59:59What luck you're here.
01:00:01You and Dr. Watson will be with us tomorrow night.
01:00:02No, I'm sorry.
01:00:03I'm afraid I can't.
01:00:05I must hurry back to London.
01:00:06And so should you, too, Watson.
01:00:08We'll have to report to the police here about that convict in the morning,
01:00:10but there's a train leaving early in the afternoon.
01:00:12Oh, what a pity.
01:00:13Beryl will be dreadfully disappointed.
01:00:15Now, we'll remedy that when you come up to London.
01:00:17You must...
01:00:17You must dine with us before you sail.
01:00:21Well, there's the old boy himself, Sir Hugo.
01:00:33Hugo, the beast of the Baskervilles.
01:00:35Not a bad bit of brushwork.
01:00:36By ransom, one of the minor painters.
01:00:38Oh, I don't imagine it's very valuable.
01:00:40I can't quite agree with you, Sir Henry.
01:00:43One day it might prove to be of the greatest value.
01:00:45Well, we must be going.
01:00:57There's still one or two little points, Holmes,
01:00:59that I can't for the life of me reconcile with your theory
01:01:01about that poor demented convict.
01:01:03One or two little points?
01:01:04Surely you can't mean that he was in London three weeks ago,
01:01:07sent that letter, stole that boot?
01:01:09Of course not.
01:01:10And who the devil did?
01:01:11The same person who was responsible
01:01:12for the death of that convict last night
01:01:14and will try again to murder Sir Henry tonight.
01:01:17Tonight?
01:01:18Unless my imagination has run away with itself
01:01:20and I don't think that it has.
01:01:21Then why are we rushing up to London,
01:01:23leaving Sir Henry entirely unprotected?
01:01:24We're not, my dear Watson.
01:01:25We're just giving the impression of rushing up to London.
01:01:29In a minute and a half, we'll be in O'Campton there.
01:01:30We'll catch a train back to Dartmoor.
01:01:32If my surmise is correct, we'll nab our man in the act.
01:01:34But if you know who it is,
01:01:35why all this roundabout rigmarole?
01:01:37Why don't you have him arrested?
01:01:38Because I've no case.
01:01:38Not a shred of evidence that would hold in any court.
01:01:42The only way is to catch him red-handed,
01:01:44to catch him in such a way that there's no escape,
01:01:46no alibi.
01:01:48That means gambling with Sir Henry's life.
01:01:50But you can't possibly...
01:01:51Gambling to save his life.
01:01:53But we've got to take that chance.
01:01:56Otherwise, the shadow of sudden death
01:01:58will be forever hanging over his head
01:01:59and sooner or later...
01:02:00Here we are, O'Campton.
01:02:02And may you both spend the rest of your years together
01:02:07in happy contentment.
01:02:09Here, here, here.
01:02:11And now I want to thank you all
01:02:13for the kindness that you've shown a stranger.
01:02:15And when Beryl and I return,
01:02:17I want you to know that you'll always be welcome
01:02:19at Baskerville Hall.
01:02:20Thank you, Sir Henry.
01:02:21It's going to be lonely for you, Mr. Stapleton,
01:02:24with Beryl gone.
01:02:25Yes, indeed it will, Mrs. Mortimer.
01:02:27I shall be more dependent than ever upon you.
01:02:30My neighbours.
01:02:31Don't count upon me, sir.
01:02:32In my opinion, you're a body snatcher.
01:02:35And until the courts have decreed otherwise,
01:02:37I want nothing whatsoever to do ye.
01:02:39Oh, Mr. Franklin.
01:02:46I say, driver, can't we go a little faster?
01:02:48I'm doing the best I can, sir.
01:02:51You idiot!
01:02:58We said go faster, not break our necks.
01:03:02How far is it to Baskerville Hall?
01:03:04It's five miles by road, sir,
01:03:06but if you want to cut over the moor,
01:03:08it's only about three.
01:03:09Here you are.
01:03:10Come on, Watson, quick.
01:03:11Thank you, sir.
01:03:14It's been a wonderful evening, Stapleton.
01:03:16Well, glad you could be with us, Mortimer.
01:03:18Take this brooch, my dear,
01:03:22and wear it on your wedding dress.
01:03:24It belonged to my great-grandmother.
01:03:26Something old, something new.
01:03:29You know.
01:03:30Oh, that's so sweet of you, Mrs. Mortimer.
01:03:32Thank you so much.
01:03:33And come back to us soon, both of you.
01:03:36We will.
01:03:37May I offer you a lift, my lad?
01:03:40It's such a beautiful night, Mr. Franklin.
01:03:42I think I'll walk, thank you.
01:03:43Merely a gesture of hospitality.
01:03:45Reject it, if you like.
01:03:46Get up there!
01:03:50You're not going to cross the moor alone, Sir Henry.
01:03:52Why not?
01:03:53There's nothing to fear anymore.
01:03:55We can't be sure.
01:03:57Oh, but I have Mr. Sherlock Holmes' own word for it.
01:03:59Come along, James.
01:04:00Good night, Sir Henry.
01:04:04Good night, Mrs. Mortimer.
01:04:06And the best of luck to you both.
01:04:15Good night.
01:04:16Good night.
01:04:16I wish you'd let Mr. Franklin drive you home.
01:04:22I want you to stay and say good night to you.
01:04:25This is our last good night.
01:04:27From tomorrow on, there won't be any more.
01:04:30Ever.
01:04:30Tomorrow we'll be away from this place.
01:04:33I wish it were now.
01:04:34So do I.
01:04:36Oh, now, don't be silly.
01:04:42Good night, Beryl.
01:04:43Good night, dear.
01:04:44Good night.
01:04:46Well, was it a nice party?
01:05:03Wonderful.
01:05:04Everything.
01:05:05And most of all, you.
01:05:06Jack, I haven't said very much about going away,
01:05:09but you know how I feel.
01:05:10Yes, of course.
01:05:12It had to be.
01:05:13Well, you won't be too dreadfully lonely, will you?
01:05:14Well, I shall have my work and...
01:05:16Henry and I will be back before you even know it.
01:05:18Yes, of course you will.
01:05:20Well, you better go to bed now.
01:05:21You've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow.
01:05:23Good night, Jack.
01:05:24Good night, dear.
01:05:26Good night.
01:05:27Good night.
01:05:44Good night.
01:05:44Good night.
01:07:36Over there.
01:07:37We'll head him off.
01:07:47Jack!
01:07:48Where are you?
01:07:54Oh.
01:07:55Oh.
01:07:56Oh.
01:07:58Oh.
01:10:32You'll be all right, old man.
01:10:35What's it?
01:10:36Yes, old chap.
01:10:36Mr. Holmes?
01:10:41Yes?
01:10:44What was it?
01:10:46We've got to get him home, quickly.
01:10:50Can you manage him alone?
01:10:51Yes.
01:10:52Because I've got things to do.
01:10:54Help get his arm around my shoulder.
01:10:56I'm all right.
01:11:00I'm all right.
01:11:00I'm all right.
01:11:00I'm all right.
01:11:02I'm all right.
01:11:24I'm all right.
01:13:32It's pretty painful, I know, but it won't take much longer.
01:13:37Go on. It doesn't hurt.
01:13:39Now, Mrs. Barryman, some gauze, please.
01:13:40I just heard the dreadful news.
01:13:44Thank heavens, you're safe.
01:13:46Is you all right?
01:13:47Well, now we know for certain that this is no legend, no myth.
01:13:50There really is a hound.
01:13:52Was a hound?
01:13:53Yes, Mr. Holmes told me.
01:13:54I ran into him across the moor.
01:13:56He asked me to send you to him at once.
01:13:59It was a matter of great importance.
01:14:00He said he'd wait for you at the spot where the beast was killed.
01:14:03I must finish here first.
01:14:05This poor boy has taken a terrific beating.
01:14:08Well, I could carry on with you, doctor.
01:14:10I'm a bit of a doctor myself, you know.
01:14:12Do you think you could manage?
01:14:13Yes, I'm sure I could.
01:14:15I think you really ought to go, Dr. Watson.
01:14:17Mr. Holmes was most urgent.
01:14:19Oh, really?
01:14:19I shall need some hot water, Mrs. Baderman.
01:14:28Oh, I want it boiling, please.
01:14:29Yes, sir.
01:14:36It must have been a terrifying experience, sir, Henry.
01:14:39Terrifying.
01:14:40It was.
01:14:40It was indeed.
01:14:42Yes, I can see you're still weak from loss of blood.
01:14:45I can't say I feel any too well.
01:14:47Here, drink this, sir, Henry.
01:14:50You'll feel much stronger.
01:14:51I'll see to your other bandages after.
01:15:00Oh, it may taste a little bitter, but don't mind that.
01:15:06Sir Henry!
01:15:10Well, feeling better?
01:15:13Yes, thanks.
01:15:14I say that's uncomfortably close to your eye, isn't it?
01:15:16Not along this side?
01:15:19Well, well, well.
01:15:22Oh, I'm terribly sorry they were as clumsy of me.
01:15:25It was only a bit of a tonic.
01:15:27Sir Henry's lost considerable blood.
01:15:28Yes?
01:15:29Henry!
01:15:31Henry!
01:15:31I'm all right, darling.
01:15:33Oh, no, you're not.
01:15:34We heard those dreadful noises on the way home.
01:15:36It's a mercy he's alive.
01:15:37I owe you an apology, Sir Henry, for jeopardizing your life.
01:15:41Jeopardizing?
01:15:41But you saved my life.
01:15:42But there was no possible way for me to foretell the fog.
01:15:46And I must apologize, too, for deceiving you last night.
01:15:49When I told you that your troubles were over, I knew that they weren't.
01:15:51But if I hadn't cleared out, the crisis which came tonight would have been indefinitely postponed,
01:15:55with a shadow of death hanging over you.
01:15:57And over you, too, Miss Dappleton.
01:16:01You knew this was going to happen?
01:16:03How could you know?
01:16:06The person who wanted to snuff out your life, Sir Henry,
01:16:09was the same one who plotted to kill your uncle.
01:16:13He wanted to get you both out of the way,
01:16:15so that he could lay claim to this place, to the whole Baskerville estate.
01:16:17In tracing back his lineage,
01:16:21he discovered not only that he was the next of kin,
01:16:23but also learned of that old legend about the hound.
01:16:26So he brought the hound to life,
01:16:28by the simple expedient of buying the most savage dog that he could find
01:16:31and hiding it here on the moor until he needed it.
01:16:34If he had succeeded tonight,
01:16:36the blame would have fallen on the legendary monster,
01:16:39and no possible suspicion would have been attached to him.
01:16:43A most ingenious device.
01:16:44And I'm quite sure that he would have had no difficulty
01:16:48in proving his claim to Baskerville Hall and all that goes with it.
01:16:52The most amazing instance of a throwback that I've ever seen.
01:17:02And you can see for yourself.
01:17:03Stapleton!
01:17:04One move and I'll shoot!
01:17:07Jack!
01:17:07You two, stay where you are!
01:17:08You're under arrest, Stapleton,
01:17:10for the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville,
01:17:11the murder of a convict,
01:17:12and the attempted murder of Sir Henry.
01:17:13You can't arrest me, hoes!
01:17:16I won't move from any of you,
01:17:17and I'll blast you all, a kingdom come!
01:17:25So sorry, old boy.
01:17:31What's the matter, old man?
01:17:33What's the matter?
01:17:34That's our man.
01:17:37Stapleton, the murderer?
01:17:38He won't get very far.
01:17:40I've posted constables on both the roads,
01:17:41and the only other way
01:17:42is across the Grimpenmire.
01:17:45I'm so sorry, Miss Stapleton.
01:17:57I wish I could have spared you this.
01:17:59Well, that officially closes the case, Sir Henry,
01:18:06and a very interesting case for your annals, Watson.
01:18:08An ordinary dog, an ingenious criminal,
01:18:10and a more ingenious detective.
01:18:12I owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude.
01:18:14Oh, we all do, Sir Henry.
01:18:18Mr. Holmes,
01:18:19we've admired you in the past,
01:18:21as does every Englishman.
01:18:23Your record as our greatest detective
01:18:24is known throughout the world.
01:18:26But this,
01:18:27seeing how you work,
01:18:28knowing that there is in England
01:18:29such a man as you,
01:18:31gives us all a sense of safety and security.
01:18:34God bless you, Mr. Holmes.
01:18:36Thank you, Dr. Mortimer.
01:18:39And now, if you don't mind,
01:18:40I've had rather a strenuous day.
01:18:42I think I'll turn in.
01:18:44Of course.
01:18:45Good night.
01:18:45Good night.
01:18:46Good night.
01:18:47Good night, Mr. Holmes.
01:18:47Good night.
01:18:49Oh, Watson, the needle.
01:19:05Good night.