Calling Bulldog Drummond

1951, Movie, NR, 80 mins

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This was the 22nd "Bulldog Drummond" film and Pidgeon was the twelfth of thirteen actors who portrayed Hector McNeil's famous character. A desperate gang robs a London store and escapes through the pea-soup fog by using radar equipment. Amateur sleuth Pidgeon comes out of retirement to nail the thieves. Scotland Yard assigns a female officer (Leighton) to assist him and they go under cover to get close to the brigands. Soon enough, Pidgeon is recognized and imprisoned in the basement of a bombed-out building (there still were plenty of those around England after the war). He escapes in time to capture the malfeasants. Saville's direction was better than the slim script and there was a general waste of talent in the casting. Leighton could have phoned in her performance, and Tomlinson, Hayter, and Lee (veterans all) weren't given nearly enough to do. Give it a B for Bulldog. leave a comment
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