Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947 film)
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Language English | 7/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Crime, Mystery Duration Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer H.C. McNeile , Frank Gruber Release date 15 May 1947 Genres Mystery, Adventure Film, Crime Fiction Written by H. C. McNeile, Frank Gruber Similar movies Related Sidney Salkow movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulldog Drummond at Bay is a 1947 American thriller film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Ron Randell for the first time as the British sleuth and adventurer Bulldog Drummond. The cast also includes Anita Louise, Patrick O'Moore and Terry Kilburn.
Contents
The film is loosely based on the novel Bulldog Drummond at Bay by H. C. McNeile.
Plot
When thieves rob his country estate, Bulldog Drummond uncovers a deadly jewel caper involving foreign agents trying to steal plans for a top-secret British aircraft.
Cast
Production
In June 1946 it was announced Venture Pictures, a Columbia producing unit headed by Lou Appleton and Bernard Small, had done a deal with the estate of H.C. McNeile to make two Bulldog Drummond pictures (the last one had been Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)).
Critical reception
Leonard Maltin called the film an "innocuous British 'quota quickie'"
References
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947 film) WikipediaBulldog Drummond at Bay (1947 film) IMDb