PETER CUSHING appeared in HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES for HAMMER FILMS in 1959, an ENTIRE television series of SHERLOCK HOLMES for the BBC from 1968 and the 1984 movie, THE MASKS OF DEATH.. . .BUT OTHER productions were planned. CAN YOU SOLVE THE TITLES?
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Thank you so much for highlighting Masks of Death. It was my first experience of Peter Cushing as Holmes and either my second or third exposure to the character (after the greats Jeremy Brett and Ian Richardson). I still remember being equally scared by the horror elements and impressed by Mr Cushing and Mr Mills, and I was struck by Holmes' advanced age. It gave an elegiac, autumnal tone to the film, especially with the Irene Adler comeback, which stayed with me. ("Last Ever" types of story were unusual then, and this felt very much like a last story.) Watching the ending with my father, I remember him explaining to me that Holmes was going to Windsor Castle and that he was going to be knighted, and it wowed me. Back then I wished I could have also seen Peter Cushing playing Holmes at a younger age, and my wish was granted a few years later when I saw Hammer's Hound. It became my favorite Holmes movie ever, and he remains to me the ultimate Mr Sherlock Holmes. Thank you again for bringing it all back!
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