Bulldog Drummond's Revenge

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge is a 1937 American adventure mystery film directed by Louis King, produced by Stuart Walker, written by Edward T. Lowe Jr. and Herman C. McNeile (novel), and featuring John Barrymore. The picture stars John Howard in his second appearance as Bulldog Drummond; Howard previously appeared as Ronald Colman's (who had made the first talkie Bulldog Drummond) brother in Lost Horizon. Top-billed John Barrymore portrays his friend Colonel Nielsen.

Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Directed by	Louis King
Screenplay by	Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Based on	The Return of Bulldog Drummond 1932 novel by Herman C. McNeile
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Stuart Walker
Starring	John Barrymore John Howard Louise Campbell
Cinematography	Harry Fischbeck
Edited by	Arthur P. Schmidt
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 16, 1937 (1937-12-16) (New York City) January 7, 1938 (1938-01-07) (United States)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The film tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer who, while on a drive with his friend Algy Longworth and valet Tenny, is the first to discover a mysterious suitcase that has been parachuted from an aircraft above, minutes before the plane crashes. The case is found to contain the highly explosive chemical hexanite, the plans for which have been stolen. Despite the urging of his fiancee Phyllis Claverling, Drummond is dragged into the mystery surrounding the whole affair, traveling by both train and ship to recover the formula.

Cast

• John Barrymore as Col. J.A. Nielson
• John Howard as Capt. Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond
• Louise Campbell as Phyllis Clavering
• Reginald Denny as Algy Longworth
• E. E. Clive as "Tenny" Tennison
• Frank Puglia as Draven Nogais
• Nydia Westman as Gwen Longworth
• Robert Gleckler as Hardcastle
• Lucien Littlefield as Mr. Smith
• John Sutton as Jennings, Nielson's Secretary
• Miki Morita as Sumio Kanda
• Benny Bartlett as Cabin Boy
• Matthew Boulton as Sir John Haxton

Bibliography

• Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.

External links

• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge at IMDb
• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge at the TCM Movie Database
• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Bulldog Drummond's Revenge is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive