The Hound of the Baskervilles
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- 1939
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Hello there?
Hello there, is something wrong?
My wife and I found him
lying dead in the yew alley,
face downward.
What did you do then?
fetch the doctor, Dr. Mortimer.
He was at dinner with
Miss Stapleton and her brother.
Very well, Barryman,
that's all.
Yes, sir.
Dr. Mortimer,
to what do you attribute
the death of Sir Charles?
Heart failure, sir.
I might add that for some time
Sir Charles was in a highly nervous state,
worried.
Something was preying
on his mind.
And did he confide to you
what was preying on his mind?
Well...
- No. - Well then, what about
those footprints, Mortimer?
As though Sir Charles had been
tiptoeing back towards the house?
I examined them myself,
and as a man of science, I..
So did I, Mr. Stapleton.
- More likely, Sir Charles
was running.. - Running?
Running from what?
If you please, gentlemen,
one at a time.
Why don't you tell the truth,
all of you,
tell all you know!
Silence, Mr. Franklin.
You've already testified.
You were not there, know nothing
whatever of this matter.
Nevertheless, I insist
he was murdered!
- Murdered, I tell you!
- That will do, sir, that will do.
- There were no marks on the body
of any kind, Dr. Mortimer? - None.
Then as his physician, what would you
say was the cause of Sir Charles' death?
Most emphatically
a heart failure, sir.
Such then gentlemen, is the
verdict of this coroner's court.
Call it what you like.
Sir Charles was murdered.
There's more than one
person in this room,
knows I speak the truth.
I'm blasted if I know why on earth
you want all these clippings
about this Baskerville fellow.
I have an idea, Watson, that
young Sir Henry isn't destined
for a very long existence
in this world.
What?
My conjecture is
that he'll be murdered.
Murdered?
It would be very interesting to
see if my deductions are accurate.
Oh, Mr. Holmes,
while you were out a gentleman
called to see you and left this.
He asked you to give it to me?
- Oh, no, sir, he just left it by
mistake, I imagine. - Mm-hmm.
A Dr. Mortimer?
He didn't leave his name, sir.
- No, it's here on the stick, Mrs. Hudson.
- Oh, is it, I didn't notice.
Do you know any
Dr. Mortimer, Watson?
No?
What did he want?
He didn't say, sir.
What do you make of it, Watson?
Why should I make
anything of it?
- The fellow came to see you.
- Ah, but what kind of a fellow?
Let me hear you reconstruct him
from his walking stick
elementary observation.
Well, I should say that
Dr. Mortimer is a successful man,
- well esteemed.
- Good, excellent.
I should say that he does a great
deal of his visiting on foot,
...because the iron ferrule is
worn down. - Perfectly sound.
Let's have a look at
this inscription.
"From his friends of the C.C.H."
C.C.H.
I should say that's the
something or other hunt.
Really, Watson,
you've excelled yourself.
- Almost everything,
my dear fellow. - What?
A present to a doctor I'd say is more
likely to come from a hospital than a hunt.
And when the letters "C.C"
are placed before the hospital,
the name Cherring Cross Hospital
rather obviously presents itself.
Oh, okay, you may be right.
Furthermore I'd say that Dr. Mortimer
had a small practice in the country
- and was the owner of a dog.
- How can you tell that?
Quite simple,
from the teeth marks.
Look, you can see for yourself.
and unless I'm mistaken, Dr. Mortimer
will call on us again in a few moments.
Rubbish, Holmes, rubbish.
How the devil
can you deduce that?
Well, as he left his stick,
isn't it reasonable to presume
that he'll come back and get it?
Dr. Mortimer, sir.
Mr. Holmes?
Yes, come in, Dr. Mortimer.
- I took the liberty of calling
upon you.. - And left your stick.
Oh, so I did.
Thank you so much.
A presentation, I see.
Yes, sir,
This is my friend, Dr. Watson.
Of course.
How do you do, sir.
Mr. Holmes,
you're the one man in all
England who can help me.
Well, won't you sit down?
Thank you.
A friend of mine
is in grave danger.
- May I inquire his name?
- Sir Henry Baskerville.
The Heir to the Estate
of Baskerville Hall.
I'm in mortal fear Sir Henry's
life will be stuffed out.
Why, what makes you think that?
I have information which leads me
to believe that for centuries past,
every Baskerville who
has inherited the estates
has met with a violent,
and sudden death.
But as I recall it, Sir Charles died
from natural causes, heart failure.
Apparently, and that was
the verdict of the coroner,
in which I, Sir Charles'
physician, concurred,
I kept back from the police,
from everybody.
Yes?
About 50 yards from where
Sir Charles fell dead
were footprints.
A man's or a woman's?
Mr. Holmes, they were the
footprints of a gigantic hound.
A hound?
Well, why didn't you report it?
Not a soul
would have believed it.
And during the night it rained.
And in the morning the marks
were completely obliterated,
but I saw them
as clearly as I see you.
And then a few days ago, as one
of the executors of the estate,
I found this.
This old document.
"Legend of the Hound
of the Baskervilles."
Let me read it to you,
Mr. Holmes,
it's quite short.
I won't bore you, I promise.
Yes, please, go on.
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