Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5014503153328
Format: PAL
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: June 21, 2004
Running Time: 300 minutes
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1968

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Rating: - BBC Holmes in the 60's
This set of 3 DVD's is well worth getting. Peter Cushing had already produced one memorable performance in Hammers classic adaptation of Hound of the Baskervilles 10 years earlier and here at the age of 55 he produces another set of superb performances.

It becomes fairly obvious watching these that the BBC were on a tight budget, but this doesn't detract from the quality of the performances. With the benefit of the relatively modern technology of the DVD and better quality TV's (and ... Read More

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Rating: - A Must Have for Sherlockians
Twenty years before Jeremy Brett carved his place in history with his definitive portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, Peter Cushing and Nigel Stock begagn breaking the confines placed on Holmes by unfortunate, noncanonical accretions. Cushing's Holmes could wear a topper when strolling in town, rather than the deerstalker. And Nigel Stock's Watson, while a bit too stodgy, nevertheless portrayed the good doctor close to Conan Doyle's original intention. Too many times in previous efforts Watson (and everyone ... Read More

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Rating: - A Sherlockian miracle
As a U.S. Sherlockian, the fact that these six Peter Cushing episodes from 1968 are available for us to see at all is miraculous. I first became aware of the Cushing series in 1975, seven years after it was first broadcast, and the "word on the street" at that time was that all tapes had been wiped clean and we'd never get a glimpse of it--EVER. But here are the six existing episodes, all in one terrific DVD package, and they are delightful. Thank you, BBC, for finally making them available. Being in the ... Read More

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Rating: - Ideal Holmes
For many people, myself included, Peter Cushing is the definitive Sherlock Holmes.

Cushing first played the great detective in the Hammer film, Hound of The Baskervilles in the late 1950's. He then reprised the role a decade later in the series contained in this DVD. Cushing then played the role one further time in the TV movie The Masks of Death in the mid 1980's.

The only previous release from the 1960's series was a limited release of The Hound of The Baskervilles a few years ... Read More

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Rating: - The curious case of the missing episodes.
Peter Cushing was no stranger to Sherlock Holmes when he inherited the role from Douglas Wilmer in the 1968 BBC TV series having previously played the character in the 1959 Hammer film version of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. Originally conceived as a big budget production the series ran to 16 episodes and adapted 15 of Conan Doyle's short stories and novels. The end result is somewhat lacking in certain departments and a long way from the standard of the later ITV Jeremy Brett series of the 1980's. Of ... Read More

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