Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
- Starring:
- Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, (more)
- Director(s):
- Victor Saville
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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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Walter Pidgeon - Hugh Drummond
- Robert Beatty - Gun
- Peggy Evans - Molly
- Bernard Lee - Col. Webson
- Patric Doonan - Alec
- Michael Allan - Bert
- Margaret Leighton - Sgt. Helen Smith
- David Tomlinson - Algy Longworth
- Charles Victor - Inspector Mclver
- James Hayter - Bill
- Harold Lang - Stan
- Director(s):
- Victor Saville
- Writer(s):
- Gerard Fairlie, Arthur Wimperis, Howard Emmet Rogers
- Producer(s):
- Hayes Goetz
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