Deadlier Than the Male (1967)
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In this 1967 drama, resourceful British agent Bulldog Drummond, who appeared onscreen in a series of spy stories between 1929 and 1951, returned to duty in the wake of James Bond. Here, Drummond (Richard Johnson) is on the trail of Carl Petersen (Nigel Green), a corrupt industrialist who has a bad habit of stealing the ideas of others and then killing them so he can reap their profits. The nefarious Petersen has a team of female assistants willing to kill on command, led by Irma (Elke Sommer) and Penelope (Sylva Koscina). One more Bulldog Drummond vehicle, Some Girls Do, followed in 1969 before the series was retired again. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ralph Thomas
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Deadlier Than the Male
In this 1967 drama, resourceful British agent Bulldog Drummond, who appeared onscreen in a series of spy stories between 1929 and 1951, returned to duty in the wake of James Bond. Here, Drummond (Richard Johnson) is on the trail of Carl Petersen (Nigel Green), a corrupt industrialist who has a bad habit of stealing the ideas of others and then killing them so he can reap their profits. The nefarious Petersen has a team of female assistants willing to kill on command, led by Irma (Elke Sommer) and Penelope (Sylva Koscina). One more Bulldog Drummond vehicle, Some Girls Do, followed in 1969 before the series was retired again. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 95 mins
Complete Cast of Deadlier Than the Male
- Richard Johnson - Bulldog Drummond
- Sylva Koscina - Penelope
- Suzanna Leigh - Grace
- Virginia North - Brenda
- Lee Montague - Boxer
- George Pastell - Carloggio
- Leonard Rossiter - Bridgenorth
- John Stone - Wyngarde
- Yasuko Nagazumi - Mitsouko
- Didi Sydow - Anna
- Elke Sommer - Irma Eckman
- Nigel Green - Carl Petersen
- Steve Carlson - Robert Drummond
- Justine Lord - Miss Ashenden
- Laurence Naismith - Sir John Bledlow
- Milton Reid - Chang
- Jill Banner - Pam
- Dervis Ward - Keller
- William Mervyn
- Zia Mohyeddin - King Fedra
- Director(s):
- Ralph Thomas
- Writer(s):
- Liz Charles-Williams, Jimmy Sangster, David D. Osborn
- Producer(s):
- Betty E. Box, Sydney Box, Bruce Newbery
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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