The Hound of the Baskervilles

Iconic Films 

I doubt there is anyone who hasn't seen, or heard of the Hound of the Baskerville's. It is such an Iconic Film, it has been remixed at least twice in India over the years. I don't know about modern version with the elevated status of movie celebrities, the original was made on Dartmoor.

Dartmoor is also known for the prison which houses the worst criminals in the UK, and yet it is an open prison.

Why is a prison housing the most vicious criminals an "open prison?"

If you recall the film, you need to know the mire to be able to walk across safely; most men are not from the area. One wrong step, and nobody will find you.

The nearest village, Launceston, is 25 miles from the prison; so you could be on the run for hours, and still get nowhere. In all its 220 years, there has only been one successful escape, that was by Frank Mitchell, in the heyday of the Kray Twins. Mitchell known for being a man with a very sort fuse, and his tendency for using an axe was sprung; before he died, Reggie Kray said breaking Mitchell out was his big mistake.

While he was good at his job, his short fuse made Mitchell as much a menace to the gang, as their rivals.

The setting is similar to another iconic film March or Die with Terence Hill, Gene Hackman, and Catherine Deneuve about the French Foreign Legion at the time of the Rif War in Morocco.

Hill's character questions why there are no guards considering most of the men are criminals on the run from the law; to which Gene Hackman's character replies, "There is nothing to stop you. If the desert doesn't get you, the Legion will, if they don't succeed, I will hunt you down."