Bulldog Drummond's Peril

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Bulldog Drummond's Peril

"Fiction's greatest adventurer"

1938

1h 6m

5.9(18 votes)

Adventure

Crime

Mystery

Romance

Thriller

Overview

Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.

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10 featured cast members

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John Barrymore

Colonel Neilson

John Howard

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond

Louise Campbell

Phyllis Clavering

Reginald Denny

Algy Longworth

E. E. Clive

Tenny

Porter Hall

Dr. Botulian

Elizabeth Patterson

Aunt Blanche

Nydia Westman

Gwen Longworth

Halliwell Hobbes

Prof. Bernard Goodman

Matthew Boulton

Sir Raymond Blantyre

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Directed by: James P. Hogan
Written by: Stuart Palmer

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