When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Ian Richardson
as Sherlock Holmes

Donald Churchill
as Dr. John Watson

Denholm Elliott
as Dr. Mortimer

Glynis Barber
as Beryl Stapleton

Brian Blessed
as Geoffrey Lyons

Eleanor Bron
as Mrs. Barrymore

Edward Judd
as Barrymore

Ronald Lacey
as Inspector Lestrade

Martin Shaw
as Sir Henry Baskerville

Connie Booth
as Laura Lyons
CinemaSerf
Ian Richardson delivers quite engagingly here as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fastidious detective “Sherlock Holmes” but I didn’t get so much from Donald Churchill’s contributions as his crucial sidekick “Dr. Watson” in this adapted for television movie. They are intrigued by the mysterious death of an ...