The Baskerville family is cursed. Sir Henry has inherited
the estate from the last to reign in Baskerville Hall. Hugo was torn up by the
hound who lives in the moor. Sherlock Holmes will uncover enough new information to find out the truth of how
Hugo died and why. And hopefully will save Sir Henry’s life.
Christopher Lee, who is now 91 years old, was 37 in 1959
when he took on the role of Sir Henry Baskerville. Lee enjoyed working with his
close friend Peter Cushing in this film, stating that Cushing and Vincent Price
(according to Imdb.com) “were both grand masters of their art but more
importantly as human beings...wonderful people, wonderful actors and I miss
them very very much.”
Lee has 276 acting roles on his Imdb.com page. He’s been
recognized by Guinness Book of World Records for being, at 6’ 5”, the World’s
Tallest Leading Actor. His roles are mostly villains: Saruman in The Lord of
the Rings, Count Dooku in Star Wars films, etc.
Peter Cushing, according to Imdb.com, wasn’t thrilled with the
taste of the pipe he used as Sherlock Holmes. So it was funny to me that one of
the quotes from the film was Holmes saying, “This is, I think, a two-pipe
problem.”
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