BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

dougdoepke Lame entry in the Drummond series. Everyone, including the robbers, is after a portable radio that has the loot from a bank heist hidden away in it. Trouble is it's like the writers (3) have no idea what to do with the narrative. Instead the cast gets to run around shadowy stage sets and literally throw bombs when things slow down. Too bad, because the cast includes a number of capable performers, including Howard, Denny, Clive, et al. At the same time, the comely Angel has little more to do than stand around and look pretty. The best part is the bang-up opening that promises more than's delivered. Anyway, there's no suspense or real surprises one would expect from a detective show. Instead, it's like there's really no script, or worse, a deadline to meet. So everyone gets to run around and wing it. All in all, the flick's an unfortunate waste of money and talent. Good thing the series was usually better than this.

Tweekums This short Bulldog Drummond film opens with a bang when a bank robber blows the vault in a London bank and makes off with ten thousand pounds. The police quickly set up a cordon but the robber has a plan… he stashes the cash inside a radio in a flat that is being renovated then pretends to be a decorator who has gone insane to be driven through the cordon in an ambulance. By quite a coincidence the flat has been bought by Drummond and his bride to be Phyllis. Inevitable the robber returns for the radio but by then it has been sent to France where Phyllis is preparing for her marriage. The robber and his sidekick head over to France and Drummond, his butler Tenny and his friend Algy follow and Drummond promptly gets arrested by the French police who believing him to be a spy following a tip off from Scotland Yard where the police aren't pleased with Drummond leaving London when they had asked to come in to help with an identification.This was a rather fun film the drama was decent enough with a few fights and explosions. There were also quite a few laughs; mostly provided by Algy and the French Police Chief/Mayor. The scene where Algy confronts the thief, who is pretending to be mad, was a particularly fun bit of slapstick. While one never has any doubt that Drummond will solve the crime there is one question that will be on the viewer's mind… will Drummond finally marry Phyllis?! John Howard puts in a solid performance as Drummond and Heather Angel makes as welcome return as Phyllis, although her character is slightly underused… but not as underused as H.B. Warner's police inspector Colonel Nielson. Overall a decent instalment in the series where the laughs seem more important than the drama.

blanche-2 Phyllis and Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond again try to be married in 1939's "Bulldog Drummond's Bride," the last of this particular Bulldog Drummond series.When robbers blow up a London bank and steal 10,000 pounds, they hide the money in a radio. That radio, however, is in the apartment that Phyllis and Hugh will live in once they are married - should that event ever take place. Naturally Hugh is up to his neck in trying to solve this robbery and chasing down the radio. Phyllis waits, promising Hugh that she intends to be married to someone else the next day after their wedding should that not occur.These films had a jaunty, fun feel to them because of the cast - John Howard is a delightful, easygoing and dapper Bulldog Drummond, the lovely Heather Angel is the long-suffering Phyllis, E.E. Clive is Tenny the butler, and Reginald Denny is Algy.This particular film relies a lot on comedy and slapstick, with poor Denny getting the brunt of it. The mystery takes a back seat. However, I still found this enjoyable. I've only seen one other Bulldog Drummond, "Arrest Bulldog Drummond," and I'd like to see more. The print quality isn't particularly good, but they're still fun.

classicsoncall Well, Hugh Drummond (John Howard) and Miss Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel) finally tie the knot in this finale to the Bulldog Drummond series, but not without the usual share of mishaps that interrupted their union more than a half dozen times in the past. This time it's a slick bank thief that diverts Drummond and Scotland Yard's Colonel Nielson (H.B. Warner), with the misadventures making their way from London to France.Henri Armides (Eduardo Cianelli) is eventually fingered as the mastermind behind an explosion at the London and Southminster Bank, masking the theft of ten thousand pounds in British notes. His escape involves a clever ruse as a painter, winding up in a London flat recently rented by Miss Clavering. His bit borders on insanity, especially when he boldly takes a paintbrush to Algy Longworth's tie in an effort to better match his suit. Watch carefully when Armides dumps an entire bucket of paint on Algy's head; as both slip and slide on the wet floor, the thief drops the bucket and even more paint comes splashing out of it! With Drummond's repeated declarations that the wedding is still on, and Miss Clavering doubtful as ever, she takes off for Targemont, France, the proposed site of the nuptials. When Armides learns that Drummond has sent Phyllis' radio to Targemont, he makes his plans to follow as well; the stolen notes were hidden inside the radio.It's in this film that Colonel Nielson suffers the most indignity at the hands of the script writers. Usually Nielson, especially when portrayed by John Barrymore, kept his professionalism intact while Drummond and Company rode herd on the target villain. Here he comes across as somewhat inept, though his assistant Inspector Tredennis (John Sutton) manages to throw Drummond a zing when he wires the French authorities claiming that Drummond is really an international spy. It only works long enough for the proverbial all hell to break loose.The frenetic chase for Henri Armides coincides with the marriage ceremony, and in a rather innovative sequence, the wedding begins in a jail, proceeds to a French village rooftop, and concludes at the home of Phyllis' Aunt Blanche (Elizabeth Patterson). But at least Miss Clavering got her man! With the late 1930's Drummond series complete, the only actors to have made it through the entire stretch of nine films were Bulldog's sidekicks, Reginald Denny as Algy Longworth, and E.E. Clive as butler Tenny. Phyllis Clavering was depicted by Louise Campbell and Heather Angel; Colonel Neilson was variously portrayed by John Barrymore (3X), Guy Standing (once), and H.B. Warner (3X). Even Drummond himself was played by John Lodge and Ray Milland one time each before John Howard settled in to take on the role in seven films. Each mystery was done in a light hearted and comedic style, contrasted with the usually serious dramas presented in the Charlie Chan and Mr. Wong films of the era. However if you're a fan of the genre like me, you'll have fun with each movie, no matter which detective is doing the sleuthing.