The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)

The Return of Bulldog Drummond: Directed by Walter Summers. With Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Joyce Kennedy, Francis L. Sullivan. Drummond leads a black-shirted platoon of men from his former unit against foreign interlopers trying to pull England into dangerous overseas entanglements.

“(I canu0026#39;t believe I have watched more than one of these films this year…) Back in 1929 Ronald Colman played Bulldog Drummond, a character from British pulp fiction novels, in an early talking picture. Unfortunately for the movie studios, Ronald Colman actually WAS Bulldog Drummond (a WWI veteran injured on the Western Front, turned playboy and would-be tough guy). Bulldog Drummond had a limp because Ronald Colman had a limp – from WWI shrapnel in his leg. Ronald Colman had a unique style of delivery that contained almost constant wit and sarcasm, regardless of the situation. The movie happened to be pretty great. Kudos to Colman and company (see me review of u0026#39;Bulldog Drummondu0026#39;, 1929).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAfter a five year break, they couldnu0026#39;t get Colman to do a second movie, so they get this dead fish to play Bulldog Drummond. He sucks. And, so goes the rest of the film. They took chances and had some cool effects and camera work (underwater shots and maybe the first appearance on film of an electrified fence). But, no amount of 1934 special effects were gonna save this film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRealReview Posting Scoring Criteria:nActing – 0.5/1nCasting – 0.5/1nDirecting – 1/1nStory – 0.5/1nWriting/Screenplay – 1/1u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTotal Base Score = 3.5u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eModifiers (+ or -):nTechnical Effects/Make Up: 1nBelievability/Consistency: -1u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTotal RealReview Rating: 3.5 (rounded up to 4 for IMDB)”