Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

(*Fave movie quote*) - "It takes only one false move to make a man a crook."Now 80+ years old - "Bulldog Drummond Escapes" is a fairly entertaining crime-investigation drama set in the "damsel-in-distress" mode.A dashing, young, Ray Milland plays the Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond character with considerable vitality and gung-ho enthusiasm.Why Milland's character was nicknamed "Bulldog" was never explained - But, I thought that a much more appropriate moniker for this love-struck dude would have been "Puppydog".With its story's location set out in the foggy, English countryside - It really killed me that as Drummond was driving down a totally deserted road - (Right out of the blue) - A very complicated case for him to solve (literally) fell right into his lap.All-in-all - This brisk-paced, 65-minute Crime/Drama/Romance was an enjoyable view.

Ray Milland (Bulldog Drummond), Heather Angel (the lady in distress), Sir Guy Standing (commissioner), Reginald Denny (Algy), Porter Hall (Merridew), E.E. Clive (Tenny), Fay Holden (Mrs Seldon), Patrick J. Kelly (Stiles), Guy Kingsford (Stanton), Charles McNaugthton (slow-witted constable), Clyde Cook (second constable), Doris Lloyd (nurse).Director: JIMMY HOGAN. Screenplay: Edward T. Lowe. Based on the stage play Bulldog Drummond Again by Gerard Fairlea and H.C. "Sapper" McNeile. Photography: Victor Milner. Film editor: William Shea. Art directors: Hans Dreier and Earl Hedrick. Set decorator: A.E. Freudeman. Music director: Boris Morros. Producer: Edward T. Lowe.COMMENT: The first and best of the 1937-39 Paramount series, smartly paced by Jimmy Hogan, with Ray Milland playing the adventurous hero delightfully tongue-in-cheek to Angel's wanly beautiful heroine, is available on an excellent Critics' Choice DVD on the original green- tinted stock. Menacing sets and noirish photography really impress. But of course, my chief reason for adding this excellent DVD to my collection was to revel in its colored tint. I really enjoyed tinted movies, but they were not popular with the majority of suburban picture-goers. They found the tint "distracting" would you believe! Full color was okay. Black-and-white was okay. Sepia was even okay. But a green tint? No way! Too way out! Too unusual! Too uncomfortable!

This is your average crime film of the 1930s. Our "hero" is the gentleman adventurer Bulldog Drummond. I think there are 23 films surrounding this character based on H. C. McNeile books.In this "episode" Bulldog has to protect a heiress from impending danger of an espionage organization out to get her inheritance.Really nothing special at all. It's a very average and typical crime film of the 1930s. I think the only people interested are those that are fans of the Bulldog Drummond books and movies. There are better crime films from that time era.2/10

This is by no means a gem of the highest water, but it certainly has some moments of suspense and humor. It's set in one endless foggy night (It's foggy even indoors sometimes.)in England as BD attempts to rescue a damsel in distress. Though clearly shot on sets, the fog and darkness prevent it from looking completely phony.The actors are good though Ray Milland plays the hero in that manic, bright eyed, and bright teethed mode you see in many 30's movies, and his sidekick, Algy, is a bit in the dimwit mode such as Watson was often portrayed in the Sherlock Holmes films.However there are a number of amusing dialog scenes between Milland and other in the film so I'd rate it better than an average programmer.