GazerRise Fantastic!

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

gridoon2018 When I saw the famous MGM logo at the start of this picture, I was fairly certain that it was going to have considerably higher production standards than most, if not all, of the previous entries in the series, as MGM is famous for putting gloss even in its "B"-movie section. And I was right - this is the slickest of all the Drummond films (even the music score is pretty sweeping!). Is it the best? It might have been, but it gives away some of its secrets too soon; for example, the identity of the villainous No.1 would have made for a good surprise at the very end, but the audience learns his identity much earlier. Walter Pidgeon is a bit stodgy as Drummond, but he is surrounded by a fine cast: Margaret Leighton is natural and appealing as his female assistant (an example of early feminism, she gradually overcomes Drummond's "This is not a job for a woman!" doubts with her competence), Robert Beatty as the suave-sleazy villain, Peggy Evans as his jealous but smarter-than-she-looks moll, David Tomlinson as an almost ideal Algy (nowhere near as stupid as he is usually portrayed), and Bernard Lee as a fellow member of Drummond and Algy's "gentleman's club.". A fairly strong note for the series to finish on. **1/2 out of 4.

sol1218 ***SPOILERS*** Famed British crime fighter Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, Walter Pidgeon, who had retired to his hog farm in the country is brought out of retirement by his good friend Scotland Yard inspector Mclver, Charles Victor, in order to solve a number of robberies that took place in London over the last six months. What's so unusual about these robberies is that their executed with clock-like military precision with the latest British military hardware like ground radar where you can see in both total darkness as well as thick as pea soup fog.Given Scotland Yard lady cop Sgt. Helen Smith, Margaret Leighton, as his partner the "Bulldog" gets to work in uncovering who's behind this robbery ring by going undercover together with Sgt. Smith as the British Bonnie & Clyd like crime couple Joe Crandell & Lily Ross. It doesn't take long for the "Bulldog" with Sgt.Smith's help to discover the second banana of this robbery ring night club owner Arthur Gunns, Robert Beatty. It's Gunns' boss, who's running the whole operation, whom we always see in the shadows and who's the guy that the "Bulldog" was actually closely involved with over the last ten years in both war and peacetime!Very odd role for actor Walter Pidgeon, who's not really known as a hard boiled private eye type, as the "Bulldog" who ends up getting worked over as well him working over those who work him over in the movie. It's the "Bulldog's" good friend Algy Longworth, David Tomlison, who realizes that he's working undercover for Scotland Yard when the "Bulldog" used the BS story that he went on an unexpected trip to Africa. That was in the "Bulldog" being caught cheating in poker and being kicked out of the exclusive gambling club he's a member of by his good friend Col.Webson, Bernard Lee, for doing it. Of course the honest as the day is long "Bulldog" used that excuse, in being greatly embarrassed by the whole incident, to make believe he checked out of town to throw off suspicion, by the robbery ring, of him being secretly put on the case!***SPOILERS*** As you would expect he "Bullog" sniffs out who's behind the robbery ring by becoming a member, as Joe Crandell, of it. It's in fact Sgt. Smith who undercover as on the lamb bank robber Lily Ross who almost blows the who undercover operation by having Arthur Gunns fall for her to the outrage of his girlfriend Molly, Peggy Evens. It's Molly who unknowingly gets Gunns to find out that the "Bulldog" is not really on the run from the law Joe Crandell but crime fighter Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond!In the end the back stabbing Arthur Gunns in him not having to split up the money, $500,000.00, he and his gang just histed from a British military aircraft tries to have it all by secretly murdering his own gang members with carbon dioxide poisoning. The "Bulldog" not only ends up saving Gunns' gang members lives but uncovers Gunns' boss Mister Big himself! Mister Big thinking that the coast is clear made his grand appearance, gun in hand, to ice the very annoying "Bulldog" only to find out that it was the "Bulldog" not him who had the upper and winning hand in the movie!

blanche-2 "Calling Bulldog Drummond" is my first exposure to this character, so I can't judge the film or the acting the way others on this site do. I will be seeing more Bulldog films in the future, and perhaps I can look at this one again.Walter Pidgeon is Bulldog Drummond, and his costar is Margaret Leighton. Both are working undercover to unmask a gang of thieves.I always enjoy Walter Pidgeon, and he acquits himself well. Is he Bulldog? I don't know because I haven't seen the other films. He is certainly charming and has a light touch on the material. Victor Saville does a good job of directing. The film moves along, and the story is interesting.The standout here is Margaret Leighton, a wonderful stage actress whom I believe played the original Hannah in "Night of the Iguana" on stage - I could be wrong there. She is excellent, slipping into her low-rent character and back into her policewoman persona beautifully. A real find.Very enjoyable, but I take it NOT if you're familiar with the entire Bulldog Drummond series, which I'm looking forward to seeing.

Piltdown_Man A very well-plotted and well-written entry, though, as noted before, it doesn't have the usual cast of characters we know and love. No E. E. Clive. No Heather Angel. BUT, it is a really well shot and directed movie. It moves along briskly. No wasted scenes or moments.The big treat for me is the performance of Leighton. She doesn't just hold her own alongside Pigeon, I think she outshines him. She has a subtle touch and has no problem shifting from tart to Scotland Yard operative within the same scene. Her classic training on the English stage shows...in all the right ways.MrMovieGuy.com