Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947 film)

Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Produced by Louis B. Appleton Jr.
Bernard Small
Written by H.C. McNeile
Frank Gruber
Starring Ron Randell
Anita Louise
Patrick O'Moore
Cinematography Philip Tannura
Edited by Aaron Stell
Production
company
Venture
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • 15 May 1947 (1947-05-15)
Running time
 70 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

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.[1]

The film is loosely based on the novel Bulldog Drummond at Bay by H. C. McNeile.[2]

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)).[3]

Critical reception

Leonard Maltin called the film an "innocuous British 'quota quickie'" [4]

References

  1. ↑ Hal Erickson. "Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) - Sidney Salkow - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  2. ↑ "Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)". BFI.
  3. ↑ VENTURE TO REVIVE DRUMMOND SERIES: Studio Plans to Make 2 Films of H.C. McNeile Character-- 3 Pictures Arrive Today Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 26 June 1946: 19.
  4. ↑ "Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
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