| Calling Bulldog Drummond | |
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 UK quad poster for the film Calling Bulldog Drummond | |
| Directed by | Victor Saville |
| Written by | Gerard Fairlie Howard Emmett Rogers Arthur Wimperis Herman C. McNeile |
| Produced by | Hayes Goetz |
| Starring | Walter Pidgeon Robert Beatty Margaret Leighton David Tomlinson |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Edited by | Frank Clarke |
| Music by | Rudolph G. Kopp |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's, Inc. |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,594,000[1] |
| Box office | $889,000[1] |
Calling Bulldog Drummond is a 1951 British crime film directed by Victor Saville and featuring Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty, David Tomlinson and Bernard Lee.[2][3][4] It featured the character Bulldog Drummond created by the novelist Herman Cyril McNeile, which had seen a number of screen adaptations. A novel tie-in was also released in 1951. It was made by the British subsidiary of MGM at Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge.
Drummond is called out of retirement by Scotland Yard to infiltrate a ruthless London crime outfit.
- ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
- ^ Variety film review; 11 July 1951, page 6.
- ^ Monthly Film Bulletin review; 1951, page 310.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; 20 October 1951, page 167.