The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
27 audience votes
Key crew
- F. Richard JonesDirector
- Sidney HowardScreenplay
- Wallace SmithWriter
Cast
- Ronald ColmanCaptain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
- Claud AllisterAlgy Longworth
- Lawrence GrantDr. Lakington
- Montagu LovePeterson
- Wilson BengeDanny
- Joan BennettPhyllis
- Lilyan TashmanIrma
- Charles SellonTravers
- Adolph MilarMarcovitch
- Tetsu KomaiChong
- Gertrude ShortBarmaid
- Donald NovisCountry Boy
Stills
Themes
bulldog drummond