The Return of Bulldog Drummond

The Return of Bulldog Drummond (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
66 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1934 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Walter Summers

Written By:
Walter Summers

Actors:
Ralph Richardson ..... Maj. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
Ann Todd ..... Phyllis Drummond
Joyce Kennedy ..... Irma Peterson
Francis L. Sullivan ..... Carl Peterson
Claud Allister ..... Algy Longworth
H. Saxon-Snell ..... Zadowa
Spencer Trevor ..... Sir Bryan Johnstone
Charles Mortimer ..... Inspector McIver
Wallace Geoffrey ..... Charles Latter
Patrick Aherne ..... Jerry Seymour

Synopsis:

Based on the character created by "Sapper" (Herman Cyril McNeile), Return of Bulldog Drummond was a British production starring Ralph Richardson in the title role. The film is closer to the jingoistic, near-fascist spirit of the original stories than were the Hollywood "Drummond" B-pictures of the mid-1930s. In fact, Richardson's Drummond organizes the "Black Clan," then goes on a crusade to rid England of all foreigners, on the theory that every "outsider" is a criminal or at the very least an undesirable. And according to the script, he's right: The villains are European armament merchants hoping to increase profits by sparking a new world war. Return of Bulldog Drummond is about as politically incorrect as it's possible to get, with Ralph Richardson coming across more as a heavy than a hero; two years later, he was more effectively cast as a criminal mastermind in the "Drummond" parody Bulldog Jack.

Retired British military officer Capt. Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond (Ralph Richardson) is the leader of the 'Black Clan', a secret alliance crusading to free England of crime by expelling foreign undesirables. When World Peace Conference delegate Brunel is assassinated it is up to Drummond and co. to find those responsible. Made in 1934, the film's politics now seem rather dubious as the Black Clan bear more than a passing resemblance to the fascist blackshirts of Oswald Moseley.

Drummond leads a black-shirted platoon of men from his former unit against foreign interlopers trying to pull England into dangerous overseas entanglements.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 November, 2009.

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