Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)

Bulldog Drummond
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Directed by	F. Richard Jones
Written by	Sidney Howard (adaptation) Wallace Smith
Based on	Bulldog Drummond 1921 play by Herman C. McNeile
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Ronald Colman Claud Allister Lawrence Grant Montagu Love Joan Bennett Lilyan Tashman Wilson Benge
Cinematography	George S. Barnes Gregg Toland
Edited by	Frank Lawrence Viola Lawrence
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Production company	Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	May 2, 1929 (1929-05-02) (U.S.)
Running time	90 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film in which Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond helps a beautiful young woman in distress. The film stars Ronald Colman as the title character, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan Bennett, and Lilyan Tashman. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by F. Richard Jones, the movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the play by H. C. McNeile (credited onscreen as "Sapper").

Colman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and William Cameron Menzies for Best Art Direction.^[1][2]

Two previous Bulldog Drummond films had been produced: Bulldog Drummond (1923) and Bulldog Drummond's Third Round (1925). The 1929 film was the first Bulldog Drummond movie with sound, and was also Ronald Colman's first talkie. A series of Drummond movies followed, beginning with Temple Tower made in the UK in 1930; see the main article on Bulldog Drummond for a complete list.