Murder At The Baskervilles

Twenty years after their mutual adventure with the infamous hound, Sherlock Holmes (Wontner, in his last Holmes film), is summoned by his old friend Baskerville (Grossmith) to the West Country. Silver Blaze, a prized race horse, has been stolen and his groom murdered. The prime suspect is Jack Trevor (Macrae), a young horseman involved with Baskerville's daughter, Diana (Gunn). Holmes discovers the steed on a nearby farm disguised with painted spots, and knows that his old nemesis Moriarty (Harding) is the real culprit. MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES suffers from too slight a plot stretched out to feature length. Wontner is good in his final portrayal of the great dete...