Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back is a 1937 American mystery film thriller film directed by Louis King and starring John Howard as the English adventurer Bulldog Drummond. John Barrymore plays Drummond's friend Colonel Nielsen and is actually Top-billed in the picture. The supporting cast includes Drummond series regular Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, and J. Carrol Naish. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is the second in the studio's series following Bulldog Drummond Escapes which had starred Ray Milland.[1]

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
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Directed byLouis King
Screenplay byEdward T. Lowe Jr.
Based onThe Female of the Species
1928 novel
by Herman C. McNeile
Produced byStuart Walker
Adolph Zukor
StarringJohn Barrymore
John Howard
Louise Campbell
CinematographyWilliam C. Mellor
Edited byJames Smith
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 24, 1937 (1937-09-24)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Phyllis Clavering, the girlfriend of Captain Drummond, is kidnapped. Murderer Mikhail Valdin and his sister, Irena Soldanis, seek revenge for the death of her husband, sent to the gallows a year ago through Drummond's actions. Though Valdin could shoot Drummond, he informs the captain that it would be too quick. Drummond and his friend Colonel Nielsen are instead given a series of riddles to solve.

Cast

References
  1. Backer p.60-61

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


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