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Bulldog Drummond

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Bulldog Drummond est un personnage de fiction britannique imaginé par l’écrivain Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) dans une série d'une vingtaine de romans policiers publiés sous le pseudonyme de Sapper.

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Drummond est un capitaine vétéran de la Première Guerre mondiale, « bâti en hercule (d'où le surnom de « Bulldog » acquis pendant la guerre) » qui, à la fin du conflit, consacre son nouveau temps libre retrouvé comme détective privé. Quant à la personnalité de ce héros, elle n'est, selon Claude Mesplède, « guère reluisante : suffisant, réactionnaire, chauvin et xénophobe, il est souvent amené à affronter des étrangers. Les membres de la Bande noire [dans le roman éponyme] iront même jusqu'à faire irruption dans une réunion clandestine et fouetter les Sémites ». L'antisémitisme est effet une autre des valeurs suspectes véhiculées par les aventures de ce héros britannique de l'entre-deux-guerres.

Le personnage est apparu dans le roman Bulldog Drummond (1920), qui a été suivi par une longue série de livres et d'adaptations pour le cinéma, la radio et la télévision.

Les romans connaissent un grand succès dans les années 1920 et attirent rapidement l'attention des producteurs de cinéma. Les deux premières adaptations cinématographiques sont réalisées au temps du cinéma muet en Angleterre, puis Ronald Colman fait passer le personnage à la postérité en l’interprétant dans deux films.

Après la mort de H. C. McNeile en 1937, son ami Gerard Fairlie poursuit l'écriture d'histoires basées sur le personnage.

Bulldog Drummond est incarné à l’écran entre autres par Jack Buchanan, Ronald Colman, John Howard, Walter Pidgeon et Richard Johnson.

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John Howard
John Howard
(5 films)
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
(2 films)
John Lodge
John Lodge
(1 films)
Tom Conway
Tom Conway
(1 films)
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Filmographie de Bulldog Drummond (16 films)

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Plus féroces que les mâles, 1h41
Réalisé par Ralph Thomas
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Thriller, Comédie, Action, Aventure, Policier
Thèmes La mer, Transport
Acteurs Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, Sylva Koscina, Nigel Green, Virginia North, Suzanna Leigh
Note61% 3.0964953.0964953.0964953.0964953.096495
L’agent des services spéciaux britanniques Bulldog Drummond reçoit pour mission d’arrêter un génie criminel qui utilise de jolies filles pour perpétrer ses meurtres...
Le Retour de Bulldog Drummond, 1h20
Réalisé par Victor Saville
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Policier
Acteurs Walter Pidgeon, Robert Beatty, Margaret Leighton, David Tomlinson, Charles Victor, Bernard Lee
Note61% 3.097433.097433.097433.097433.09743
L'inspecteur Mac Iver, ayant échoué, Scotland Yard fait appel à Hugh Drummond, pour mettre fin aux exploits d'une bande de criminels, qui pillent Londres. Aidé de Mary Smith, il parvient à s'introduire dans la bande en se faisant passer pour un escroc, Joe Grandall et sa compagne Lily Ross. Leur chef, Arthur Guns, courtise Lily.
13 Lead Soldiers, 1h4
Réalisé par Frank McDonald
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Policier
Acteurs Tom Conway, Helen Westcott, John Newland, Terry Kilburn, Maria Palmer, Harry Cording
Note59% 2.9580152.9580152.9580152.9580152.958015
Dr Stedman is murdered by an intruder in his study and two toy soldiers are stolen from his desk. The next day, Hugh Drummond reads about the murder in the newspaper. He is approached by a friend, Phillip Coleman, who tells him that he owns two similar figures and that he has received first offers, then threats to sell them. According to Coleman, the soldiers are 900 years old, dating back to the time of William the Conqueror. Coleman leaves the two painted lead figures with Drummond for safety and asks him to look into the affair. To flush out whoever is trying to get the figurines they plant a press story that Drummond has bought them from Coleman.
Bulldog Drummond's Bride, 56minutes
Réalisé par James Patrick Hogan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Action, Policier
Acteurs John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Elizabeth Patterson
Note59% 2.955822.955822.955822.955822.95582
In London a shape charge wielding master-criminal comes up with a foolproof plan for robbing a bank and outwitting Scotland Yard's pursuit, but during the getaway he hides his haul in a radio set in the apartment of a certain Capt. Bulldog Drummond, leading to a murder, punch-ups, an expedition to France, and a night in a French jail cell and a break-out, in a race to reach Bulldog's fiancee - who has taken the radio set with her on holiday unaware of its contents - before the villain does: ending in a roof-top fight and the Bulldog finally tying the matrimonial knot in an explosive finale to his bachelorhood.
Bulldog Drummond en Afrique, 58minutes
Réalisé par Louis King
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure, Policier
Thèmes Afrique post-coloniale
Acteurs John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, J. Carrol Naish, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive
Note59% 2.9983252.9983252.9983252.9983252.998325
On the eve of his wedding Captain Hugh Drummond (John Howard) has more pressing concerns when he sets off from London for Morocco after a Scotland Yard Commander is kidnapped by an international criminal intent on forcing 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 isn't an easy man to get rid of however and soon mounts a rescue plan, liberating the Commander, saving the Empire and throwing the villain to his own captive lions in the process.
Bulldog Drummond en péril
Réalisé par James Patrick Hogan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Action, Aventure, Policier, Romance
Acteurs John Barrymore, John Howard, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Porter Hall, Elizabeth Patterson
Note59% 2.9505252.9505252.9505252.9505252.950525
The intended wedding of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to Phyllis Clavering at her villa in Switzerland is stopped short (once again) when someone murders the Swiss policeman who is guarding their wedding presents. The killer makes off with their prize possession, a synthetic diamond, made by a secret process by Professor Bernard Goodman, the father of their good friend Gwen Longworth. A guest, Sir Raymond Blantyre, head of the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate, disappears at the same time, and Drummond suspects that Sir Raymond, who has the most to lose if Professor Goodman proceeds with his plans to publish his secret process, has something to do with the theft. He leaves Phyllis and chases back to England. Colonel Nielsen, of Scotland Yard, as usual scoffs at Drummond's suspicions and insists that a man as respected as Sir Raymond could not possibly be involved in such a crime. But, as usual, he has Drummond followed just in the event he turns up something unexpected. An explosion that wrecks Goodman's house, and apparently kills him, makes Drummond more positive that the diamond king has again resorted to murder to protect his business. He follows Professor Botulian, a lifelong rival of Goodman's, whom he believes to be involved in the affair. His hunt leads him to a lonely house on the outskirts of London where he finds Goodman a prisoner. Before they can escape, Drummond and Goodman are joined by Tenny (E. E. Clive), his valet, and Phyllis, who are also (as usual) being held by the crooks.
Arrest Bulldog Drummond, 57minutes
Réalisé par James Patrick Hogan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Science-fiction, Thriller, Action
Acteurs John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Zeffie Tilbury
Note61% 3.053523.053523.053523.053523.05352
Bulldog & Algy, in the midst of preparations for the former's wedding in London, are summoned to more important matters at the house of an eccentric scientist who has invented a prototype electric "death-ray" device, which has the potential to revolutionize warfare. They find the scientist murdered in mysterious circumstances upon their arrival, and set out on an adventure to find out what's going on and the culprit, aka The Stinger - leading to a spot of bother with Scotland Yard, a dock-yard knife-fight which puts the Bulldog on the missing in action list temporarily, and a trip to the Tropics to foil a master-criminal's attempt to sell the British Empire threatening secret-weapon to a foreign power for the highest price.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay, 1h18
Réalisé par Norman Lee
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action
Acteurs John Lodge, Dorothy Mackaill, Victor Jory, Claud Allister, Richard Bird, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Note58% 2.90732.90732.90732.90732.9073
Bulldog Drummond goes up against a gang of foreign agents who are members of a British pacifist organisation called "The Key". The agents kidnap an inventor to discover the steal plans for a top-secret robot aircraft.
Le triomphe de Bulldog Drummond, 1h4
Réalisé par Louis King
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Action, Policier
Acteurs John Barrymore, John Howard, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, J. Carrol Naish, Helen Freeman
Note59% 2.953062.953062.953062.953062.95306
La petite amie de Drummond est kidnappée par ses ennemis et lui avec son ami Nielsen, un inspecteur de Scotland Yard, suit la piste et tente de la sauver des ravisseurs.
Bulldog Drummond s'évade, 1h7
Réalisé par James Patrick Hogan
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Action, Aventure, Romance
Acteurs Ray Milland, Heather Angel, Guy Standing, Reginald Denny, Porter Hall, Fay Holden
Note60% 3.0000653.0000653.0000653.0000653.000065
Drummond parvient à empêcher une femme de sauter devant sa voiture mais elle s'enfuit avec sa voiture. Il la retrace et elle lui demande de l'aider à sortir d'une situation dangereuse.
Le Retour de Bulldog Drummond, 1h23
Réalisé par Roy Del Ruth
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Action, Aventure, Policier
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Ronald Colman, Loretta Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Warner Oland
Note68% 3.4286653.4286653.4286653.4286653.428665
Bulldog Drummond's partner Algy is set to wed. Bulldog attends the wedding but on his return home in the deep foggy night he wanders into an old mansion of Prince Achmed in search of a telephone. To his shock he finds the corpse of an old man. Bodies keep disappearing as Drummond attempts to contact the authorities, including neighbour Captain Nielsen. But a woman is on the case, Gwen, who is the daughter of the dead man.
Bulldog Drummond, 1h30
Réalisé par F. Richard Jones
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Policier
Thèmes Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Joan Bennett, Wilson Benge
Note62% 3.14863.14863.14863.14863.1486
Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a demobilized British captain bored of civilian life, places a personal advertisement in The Times offering his services for "any excitement". One of the many replies intrigues him; Phyllis Benton claims she is in great danger. He immediately sets out for the Green Bay Inn, where she has reserved some rooms for him. Unable to persuade him to give up this mad adventure, his friend Algy Longworth follows after, dragging Drummond's valet, Danny, along.