The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002 film)

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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Directed by David Attwood
Written by A. Conan Doyle (novel)
Allan Cubitt
Starring Richard Roxburgh
Ian Hart
Release date(s) 2002
Running time 100 min.
Country U.K.
Language English
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The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 2002 television adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's novel of the same name. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for the BBC, it was shown on BBC One on Boxing Day, 2002. It was directed by David Attwood, and adapted by Allan Cubitt. The film starred Richard Roxburgh as Sherlock Holmes and Ian Hart as Doctor Watson. Hart would play Watson again in the 2004 TV film Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking, also written by Cubitt.

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The plot in the Film is the generally the same as the book - although there are Minor differences such as:

Sir Charles' body was found with marks of violence on it, but Dr. Mortimer did not report it in the trial. In the book there were no signs of violence on the body - Sir Charles was simply scared to death.

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