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Hugh Drummond

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Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character, created by Herman Cyril McNeile, and the hero of a series of novels published from 1920 to 1954.

Biography

Drummond est un capitaine vétéran de la Première Guerre mondiale, « bâti en hercule (d'où le surnom de « Bulldog » acquis pendant la guerre) » qui, à la fin du conflit, consacre son nouveau temps libre retrouvé comme détective privé. Quant à la personnalité de ce héros, elle n'est, selon Claude Mesplède, « guère reluisante : suffisant, réactionnaire, chauvin et xénophobe, il est souvent amené à affronter des étrangers. Les membres de la Bande noire [dans le roman éponyme] iront même jusqu'à faire irruption dans une réunion clandestine et fouetter les Sémites ». L'antisémitisme est effet une autre des valeurs suspectes véhiculées par les aventures de ce héros britannique de l'entre-deux-guerres.

Le personnage est apparu dans le roman Bulldog Drummond (1920), qui a été suivi par une longue série de livres et d'adaptations pour le cinéma, la radio et la télévision.

Les romans connaissent un grand succès dans les années 1920 et attirent rapidement l'attention des producteurs de cinéma. Les deux premières adaptations cinématographiques sont réalisées au temps du cinéma muet en Angleterre, puis Ronald Colman fait passer le personnage à la postérité en l’interprétant dans deux films.

Après la mort de H. C. McNeile en 1937, son ami Gerard Fairlie poursuit l'écriture d'histoires basées sur le personnage.

Bulldog Drummond est incarné à l’écran entre autres par Jack Buchanan, Ronald Colman, John Howard, Walter Pidgeon et Richard Johnson.

Best films

Played by the actors

John Howard
John Howard
(5 films)
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
(2 films)
John Lodge
John Lodge
(1 films)
Tom Conway
Tom Conway
(1 films)
See more : Wikipedia

Filmography of Hugh Drummond (16 films)

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Deadlier Than the Male, 1h41
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Nigel Green, Virginia North, Suzanna Leigh
Rating62% 3.1451153.1451153.1451153.1451153.145115
When a top oil executive dies mysteriously aboard his private jet, the company's board suspects foul play and hires Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to investigate. Attempts on his own life lead him to believe two lovely females are "hit men" for an international crime syndicate.
Calling Bulldog Drummond, 1h20
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Robert Beatty, Margaret Leighton, David Tomlinson, Charles Victor, Bernard Lee
Rating61% 3.0975553.0975553.0975553.0975553.097555
After three robberies are pulled off with military precision, Inspector McIver (Charles Victor) asks Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond (Walter Pidgeon) to give Scotland Yard a hand. As an ex-officer, Drummond knows how the suspected military mastermind would think. He agrees, though he very reluctantly accepts Sergeant Helen Smith (Margaret Leighton) of Special Branch as his partner, believing that women are not cut out for that sort of undercover work.
13 Lead Soldiers, 1h4
Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Tom Conway, Helen Westcott, John Newland, Terry Kilburn, Maria Palmer, Harry Cording
Rating59% 2.9571152.9571152.9571152.9571152.957115
Dr Stedman is murdered by an intruder in his study and two toy soldiers are stolen from his desk. The next day, Hugh Drummond reads about the murder in the newspaper. He is approached by a friend, Phillip Coleman, who tells him that he owns two similar figures and that he has received first offers, then threats to sell them. According to Coleman, the soldiers are 900 years old, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror. Coleman leaves the two painted lead figures with Drummond for safety and asks him to look into the affair. To flush out whoever is trying to get the figurines they plant a press story that Drummond has bought them from Coleman.
Bulldog Drummond's Bride, 56minutes
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Elizabeth Patterson
Rating59% 2.9550352.9550352.9550352.9550352.955035
In London a shape charge wielding master-criminal comes up with a foolproof plan for robbing a bank and outwitting Scotland Yard's pursuit, but during the getaway he hides his haul in a radio set in the apartment of a certain Capt. Bulldog Drummond, leading to a murder, punch-ups, an expedition to France, and a night in a French jail cell and a break-out, in a race to reach Bulldog's fiancee - who has taken the radio set with her on holiday unaware of its contents - before the villain does: ending in a roof-top fight and the Bulldog finally tying the matrimonial knot in an explosive finale to his bachelorhood.
Bulldog Drummond in Africa, 58minutes
Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, J. Carrol Naish, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive
Rating59% 2.998382.998382.998382.998382.99838
On the eve of his wedding Captain Hugh Drummond (John Howard) has more pressing concerns when he sets off from London for Morocco after a Scotland Yard Commander is kidnapped by an international criminal intent on forcing him to reveal the secrets of the British Empire's latest military technology. With his fiancée (Heather Angel), chum 'Algy' (Reginald Denny), & valet 'Tenny' Tennyson (E.E. Clive) in tow, Bulldog outwits Scotland Yard's bureaucratic blundering, flies his own plane 1200 miles only to find more bureaucratic blundering by the local British Consul ordering him home without delay. Drummond isn't an easy man to get rid of however and soon mounts a rescue plan, liberating the Commander, saving the Empire and throwing the villain to his own captive lions in the process.
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors John Barrymore, John Howard, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Porter Hall, Elizabeth Patterson
Rating59% 2.9504452.9504452.9504452.9504452.950445
The intended wedding of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to Phyllis Clavering at her villa in Switzerland is stopped short (once again) when someone murders the Swiss policeman who is guarding their wedding presents. The killer makes off with their prize possession, a synthetic diamond, made by a secret process by Professor Bernard Goodman, the father of their good friend Gwen Longworth. A guest, Sir Raymond Blantyre, head of the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate, disappears at the same time, and Drummond suspects that Sir Raymond, who has the most to lose if Professor Goodman proceeds with his plans to publish his secret process, has something to do with the theft. He leaves Phyllis and chases back to England. Colonel Nielsen, of Scotland Yard, as usual scoffs at Drummond's suspicions and insists that a man as respected as Sir Raymond could not possibly be involved in such a crime. But, as usual, he has Drummond followed just in the event he turns up something unexpected. An explosion that wrecks Goodman's house, and apparently kills him, makes Drummond more positive that the diamond king has again resorted to murder to protect his business. He follows Professor Botulian, a lifelong rival of Goodman's, whom he believes to be involved in the affair. His hunt leads him to a lonely house on the outskirts of London where he finds Goodman a prisoner. Before they can escape, Drummond and Goodman are joined by Tenny (E. E. Clive), his valet, and Phyllis, who are also (as usual) being held by the crooks.
Arrest Bulldog Drummond, 57minutes
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Actors John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Zeffie Tilbury
Rating61% 3.053423.053423.053423.053423.05342
Bulldog & Algy, in the midst of preparations for the former's wedding in London, are summoned to more important matters at the house of an eccentric scientist who has invented a prototype electric "death-ray" device, which has the potential to revolutionize warfare. They find the scientist murdered in mysterious circumstances upon their arrival, and set out on an adventure to find out what's going on and the culprit, aka The Stinger - leading to a spot of bother with Scotland Yard, a dock-yard knife-fight which puts the Bulldog on the missing in action list temporarily, and a trip to the Tropics to foil a master-criminal's attempt to sell the British Empire threatening secret-weapon to a foreign power for the highest price.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay, 1h18
Directed by Norman Lee
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill, Victor Jory, Claud Allister, Richard Bird, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Rating58% 2.9071752.9071752.9071752.9071752.907175
Bulldog Drummond goes up against a gang of foreign agents who are members of a British pacifist organisation called "The Key". The agents kidnap an inventor to discover the steal plans for a top-secret robot aircraft.
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back, 1h4
Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Barrymore, John Howard, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, J. Carrol Naish, Helen Freeman
Rating59% 2.9526552.9526552.9526552.9526552.952655
Phyllis Clavering (Louise Campbell), the girlfriend of Captain Drummond (John Howard) is kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond, wanted for murder Mikhail Valdin (J. Carroll Naish) and his sister, Erena Soldanis (Helen Freeman), who are seeking revenge, but Drummond and his friend Colonel Nielsen (John Barrymore) are hot on his trail.
Bulldog Drummond Escapes, 1h7
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ray Milland, Heather Angel, Guy Standing, Reginald Denny, Porter Hall, Fay Holden
Rating60% 3.0000153.0000153.0000153.0000153.000015
Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond (Ray Milland) has just returned to England. As he is driving home in the dark, a young woman jumps out in front of his car. He misses Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel), but she falls to the ground. As he tries to revive her, he hears a shout for help, then gunshots. As he goes to investigate, the woman drives away with Drummond's car. He is soon able to trace her to nearby Greystone Manor, and when he goes there to meet her, she urges him to help her get out of a desperate situation.
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, 1h23
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Warner Oland
Rating68% 3.4289153.4289153.4289153.4289153.428915
Bulldog Drummond's partner Algy is set to wed. Bulldog attends the wedding but on his return home in the deep foggy night he wanders into an old mansion of Prince Achmed in search of a telephone. To his shock he finds the corpse of an old man. Bodies keep disappearing as Drummond attempts to contact the authorities, including neighbour Captain Nielsen. But a woman is on the case, Gwen, who is the daughter of the dead man.
Bulldog Drummond, 1h30
Directed by F. Richard Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Joan Bennett, Wilson Benge
Rating62% 3.1492653.1492653.1492653.1492653.149265
Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a demobilized British captain bored of civilian life, places a personal advertisement in The Times offering his services for "any excitement". One of the many replies intrigues him; Phyllis Benton claims she is in great danger. He immediately sets out for the Green Bay Inn, where she has reserved some rooms for him. Unable to persuade him to give up this mad adventure, his friend Algy Longworth follows after, dragging Drummond's valet, Danny, along.