Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

gridoon2018 Bulldog Drummond sits this one out; he appears only at the start, gets injured, and sends a proxy to take over his new adventure. This proxy may be a bit of a bumbler, but when it comes down to it, he's quite brave and efficient as well! The traditional damsel-in-distress is played this time by the incredibly beautiful Fay Wray, of "King Kong" fame, while an unrecognizable Ralph Richardson, who played Bulldog Drummond himself in the previous entry of the series, now appears as the main villain! The film largely goes for the laughs, and finds quite a few, but not as consistently as one would like; however, in the last 10 minutes it goes for the thrills as well, with some extremely well-done stunts and action sequences that still hold up today. More than worth a look. **1/2 out of 4.

MartinHafer I would love to know the background for this film, as I simply cannot understand the reason such a plot was chosen. You see, this really isn't a Bulldog Drummond film. While Drummond (Atholl Fleming) is in the film, he's only in it a short time before he's injured. Then, another man (Jack Hulbert) poses as Drummond to complete the case! Now such a clumsy plot device like this MIGHT have made sense if Fleming had regularly played the part of Drummond but had commitments that made it impossible to complete the film with him. But Fleming never played this character before or after and I can't see why they just didn't have him or Hulbert play Bulldog Drummond and be done with it. Perhaps it just seemed like a good idea at the time! The film is a bit like a traditional Drummond film and a bit and not. While there is a mystery and a kidnapped damsel (Fay Wray, the 'hero' in the film is far less heroic--and a lot less macho. He and Algy both bungle about and somehow stumble upon a solution despite themselves. How anyone could mistake him for Drummond is beyond me, but it's all good fun (aside from a particularly bad performance by Claude Hulbert as Algy--yecch!) and a reasonably good entry into the series. By the way, Bulldog Drummond is one of the most inexplicable characters in film history. While the films were obviously very successful because so many were made, the number of people who played this part is huge--and they never had any one actor who was the definitive Drummond. In 22 films, 13 different actors played this part! One of the best, sadly, was Walter Pidgeon. While not at all English, the film was better than most and quite enjoyable. Ronald Colman was pretty good but only played him twice.

Spondonman This is a fairly typical 1930's British comedy thriller yarn, only with a slightly better cast and plot albeit managing on much the same meagre budget. This makes it only slightly more interesting than the usual "quota-quickie" of the time, unless you like and love the humour of the Hulbert brothers and ditto the entire Bulldog Drummond canon like me. To an Unbeliever there is only Fay Wray to appreciate, unless you're mesmerised over the size of Jack Hulbert's chin.To the fan though there is much pithy humour to be had, admittedly sometimes a bit slapstick and even awkward, but generally there's a credible and amusing banter going off between Jack and Claude throughout the film. Claude's best work came later with his collaborations with Will Hay, especially in My Learned Friend, but Jack's film work was simply to fund his stage work - he never made any classics. I suppose that was also the reason Ralph Richardson starred here as a manic baddie. Jack always looked a little lost without his wife Cicely Courtneidge by his side too - utterly faithful to her, in this he didn't even (and looked like he didn't want to) Kiss The Girl!The climax resolves itself into a chase involving the British Museum and the London Underground, and is generally handled pretty well - although watch out for Jack jumping through the Tube train window!

ljq Have seen this film several times now and generally chuckle/grin/smile most all of the way through. Always enjoy seeing the Underground and the British Museum settings again. Excellent "escapist" antidote to today's generally depressive "gloom and doom" national atmosphere. These days, I feel we need more of this type of film and less of the kind that's too light on dialogue and too heavy on violence and special effects.