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Plot

All the various Bulldog Drummond movie series had run their courses by 1951; nonetheless, MGM decided to revive the property (and simultaneously liquidate some "frozen funds") with the British-filmed Calling Bulldog Drummond. Walter Pidgeon stars as novelist Sapper's soldier-of-fortune, here retooled as a respectable retired military officer. Summoned to London by Scotland Yard, Drummond is assigned to break up a dangerous criminal gang. He is aided by female undercover officer Helen Smith (Margaret Leighton), who turns out to be not much help at all. Trapped in a bombed-out building and surrounded by hulking henchmen, Drummond seems to have run out of luck. Some of the film's brightest moments are provided by David Tomlinson as a traditional "silly ass" type who is lot smarter than he seems. Bernard Lee, the future "M" in the James Bond films of the 1960s, appears as a secondary villain.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
80min.
Director(s):
Victor Saville
Starring:
Walter Pidgeon , Margaret Leighton , Robert Beatty , David Tomlinson , Peggy Evans
Keywords:
Scotland-Yard,amateur,basement,bomb,building,capture,childhood-friend,detective,disease,escape,extramarital-affair,fog,gangster,gigolo,investigation,love-triangle,military,officer,private-detective,radar,retirement,robbery,suicide,violinist