Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film in which Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond helps a beautiful young woman in distress. The film stars Ronald Colman as the title character, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan Bennett, and Lilyan Tashman. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by F. Richard Jones, the movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the play by H. C. McNeile.
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Lilyan Tashman and Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond ad in The Film Daily, 1929
Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is a fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. Drummond is a First World War veteran who, fed up with his sedate lifestyle, advertises looking for excitement, and becomes a gentleman adventurer. The character has appeared in novels, short stories, on the stage, in films, on radio and television, and in graphic novels.
First edition cover of Bulldog Drummond
No man's land, where Drummond honed the skills he later used during his exploits
Gerald du Maurier, who first portrayed Drummond on stage in 1921
Poster for the 1922 film Bulldog Drummond, based on McNeile's play of the same name