Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond investigates the murder of the C.I.D. man who had been tracing validity of rival claims to a large estate.
- Date of release
- 1947-09-04
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 5m
- Genres
- Action, Crime
- Director
- Frank McDonald
- Collection
- Bulldog Drummond (Ron Randell) Collection
Casting
- Ron Randell — Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond
- Gloria Henry — Ellen Curtiss
- Patrick O'Moore — Algernon 'Algy' Longworth
- Anabel Shaw — Ellen Curtiss #2
- Terry Kilburn — Seymour
- Holmes Herbert — Inspector McIver
- Wilton Graff — Cedric Mason
- Matthew Boulton — William Cosgrove
- Barry Bernard — Vincent Cummings
- Carl Harbord — Inspector Sanderson
- Leslie Denison — Sergeant Schubeck
- Elspeth Dudgeon — Nanny
Interesting facts
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back is a 1947 American adventure crime mystery film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Ron Randell, Gloria Henry and Patrick O'Moore. The film is loosely based on the H. C. McNeile novel Knock-Out.
Production
The Bulldog Drummond series had been popular B movies before the war. 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, starting with Bulldog Drummond at Bay, with an option to provide six more.
In February 1947 it was announced the second Drummond film was Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back. The following month Frank MacDonald signed to direct and Gloria Henry was announced as Randell's co star.
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