The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV Movie 1988) Poster

Jeremy Brett: Sherlock Holmes

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  • [first lines] 

    Dr. John Watson : Finished.

    [stretching] 

    Dr. John Watson : Aah!

    [picks up and studies walking stick] 

    Sherlock Holmes : [with his back to Watson]  What do you make of it, Watson?

    Dr. John Watson : What? Huh,I believe you've got eyes in the back of your head, Holmes.

    Sherlock Holmes : Well, I have a well-polished coffee pot in front of me.

  • Dr. Mortimer : You interest me very much, Mr. Holmes. I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull, or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?

    Sherlock Holmes : *Please*, Dr. Mortimer.

    Dr. Mortimer : A cast of your skull Sir, until the original becomes available?

    [Holmes bursts into laughter] 

    Dr. Mortimer : It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess, I covet your skull.

    Sherlock Holmes : Behave and sit down, Dr. Mortimer.

    [Gesturing to the chair] 

    Dr. Mortimer : [dog sits beside Mr. Mortimer]  Spot. Yes, good boy.

    Sherlock Holmes : Well, I presume it was not your phrenological passion which drew you to Baker Street.

    Dr. Mortimer : Unfortunately it was not, Sir.

  • Dr. John Watson : [looking at the stew Holmes has made]  It's quite disgusting, Holmes.

    Sherlock Holmes : Yes. Yes, it is. Well, it's better when it's hot.

  • Sherlock Holmes : You impress me, Doctor Mortimer. Was there anything else?

    Dr. Mortimer : Yes.

    Sherlock Holmes : Footprints? A man or a woman's?

    Dr. Mortimer : Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound!

  • Sherlock Holmes : It may be that you are not yourself luminous but you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power for stimulating it. I... I confess that, my dear fellow, I'm very much in your debt.

  • Sherlock Holmes : It's an ugly, dangerous business, Watson. Believe me, I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound at Baker Street once more.

  • Sherlock Holmes : It is a worthy setting if the devil did decide to dabble in the affairs of men.

  • Sherlock Holmes : This case possesses features which are entirely its own.

  • [last lines] 

    Sherlock Holmes : I have tickets for 'Les Huguenots' at Covent Garden. A little dinner at Marcini's on the way.

    Dr. John Watson : Wonderful, Holmes.

  • Sherlock Holmes : When I see a cigarette stub marked Bradley, Oxford Street, I know my friend Watson is in the neighborhood. Be careful of that gun.

    Dr. John Watson : I thought you were in Baker Street working on that case of blackmail.

    Sherlock Holmes : That is what I wished you to think.

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