Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Bulldog Drummond in Africa is a 1938 American adventure crime film. This was the 13th of 25 in the Bulldog Drummond film series from 1922 to 1969.[1]
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Directed by | Louis King |
Screenplay by | Garnett Weston |
Based on | Challenge 1937 novel by Herman C. McNeile |
Starring | John Howard Heather Angel |
Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
Edited by | Anne Bauchens |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Paramount Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot summary
Again on the eve of his wedding, Captain Hugh Drummond (John Howard) has more pressing concerns when he sets off from London for Spanish-Morocco, because his fiancée Phillis Clavering (Heather Angel) has seen Colonel Nielsen (H.B. Warner) from Scotland Yard being kidnapped by an international criminal gang. Their intent is to force him to reveal the secrets of the British Empire's latest military technology. With his fiancée (Heather Angel), chum 'Algy' (Reginald Denny), & valet 'Tenny' Tennyson (E.E. Clive) in tow, Bulldog outwits Scotland Yard's bureaucratic blundering, flies his own plane 1200 miles only to find more bureaucratic blundering by the local British Consul ordering him home without delay. Drummond and his friends aren't easy to get rid of, however; they soon mount a rescue plan, eventually liberating Colonel Nielsen and throwing the villainous ringleader to his own pet lions.
Cast
- John Howard as Capt. Hugh Chesterton "Bulldog" Drummond
- Heather Angel as Phyllis Clavering
- H.B. Warner as Col. J.A. Nielson
- J. Carrol Naish as Richard Lane
- Reginald Denny as Algernon "Algy" Longworth
- E.E. Clive as "Tenny" Tennyson
- Anthony Quinn as Fordine (a henchman)
- Michael Brooke as Baron Nevsky
- Matthew Boulton as Major Grey
- Neil Fitzgerald as McTurk (a British spy)
External links
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa at IMDb
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa at AllMovie
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa at the TCM Movie Database
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa is available for free download at the Internet Archive