Decades before the Empire struck back, Bulldog Drummond struck back. He wasn't looking for a fight, but he got one with Prince Achmed (Walter Oland).
Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond (Ronald Colman) was fresh off of his adventure from "Bulldog Drummond" (1929) and he was finally looking for rest. Unlike in the movie "Bulldog Drummond," he wasn't searching for adventure, he simply stumbled upon his latest adventure.
His lawyer and sidekick, Algy Longworth (Charles Butterworth), had just gotten married to Gwen (Una Merkel) and Bulldog was on his way home from the ceremony for some much needed rest. Due to a heavy fog he stopped at a house to use a phone. It appeared that no one was at home. After some walking around, Bulldog found a dead body lying on a couch. By the time he got a police officer the body was gone and the house was properly occupied.
Bulldog was going to ignore that queer mystery until a woman named Lola Field (Loretta Young) knocked at his door seeking help. Her story of her missing uncle tied into the house with the vanishing dead body. And like that, Bulldog had another mystery to solve which meant Algy wasn't going to be able to enjoy his honeymoon.
This Bulldog episode was on par with the first one which can be considered one of the earliest talkies. The only part of the movie that truly annoyed me was the frequently disappearing bodies. I don't like that as a ploy in any movie. In "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back," everytime Bulldog went to get the police chief, Col. Alfred Neilsen (C. Aubrey Smith), to show him someone, the person was gone by the time he got back. It became a gag. Other than that, it was a fun and upbeat mystery drama.
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Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond (Ronald Colman) was fresh off of his adventure from "Bulldog Drummond" (1929) and he was finally looking for rest. Unlike in the movie "Bulldog Drummond," he wasn't searching for adventure, he simply stumbled upon his latest adventure.
His lawyer and sidekick, Algy Longworth (Charles Butterworth), had just gotten married to Gwen (Una Merkel) and Bulldog was on his way home from the ceremony for some much needed rest. Due to a heavy fog he stopped at a house to use a phone. It appeared that no one was at home. After some walking around, Bulldog found a dead body lying on a couch. By the time he got a police officer the body was gone and the house was properly occupied.
Bulldog was going to ignore that queer mystery until a woman named Lola Field (Loretta Young) knocked at his door seeking help. Her story of her missing uncle tied into the house with the vanishing dead body. And like that, Bulldog had another mystery to solve which meant Algy wasn't going to be able to enjoy his honeymoon.
This Bulldog episode was on par with the first one which can be considered one of the earliest talkies. The only part of the movie that truly annoyed me was the frequently disappearing bodies. I don't like that as a ploy in any movie. In "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back," everytime Bulldog went to get the police chief, Col. Alfred Neilsen (C. Aubrey Smith), to show him someone, the person was gone by the time he got back. It became a gag. Other than that, it was a fun and upbeat mystery drama.
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