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02/05/1929 Action, Thriller, Drama 1h 30m
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Overview

Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.

  1. F. Richard Jones

    Director

  2. Wallace Smith

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Ronald Colman

    Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

  2. Claud Allister

    Algy Longworth

  3. Lawrence Grant

    Dr. Lakington

  4. Montagu Love

    Peterson

  5. Wilson Benge

    Danny

  6. Joan Bennett

    Phyllis

  7. Lilyan Tashman

    Irma

  8. Charles Sellon

    Travers

  9. Adolph Milar

    Marcovitch

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-06
A bored WWI veteran "Capt. Drummond" (Ronald Colman) is recruited by damsel in distress Joan Bennett ("Phyllis Benton") to try to help free her wealthy uncle from a care home, where she believes he is being held against his will whilst they try to extort money from him. The dapper, sophisticate is soon on the case as they try to extricate the old gent from the clutches of "Irma Peterson" (Lilyan Tashman) and her henchmen. This is the first talkie for Colman, and it does look like it - the dialogue is stilted, the performances precisely staged and the story of this, principled, determined, uppe...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$550,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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