BULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK (1937) John Barrymore & Louise Campbell | Adventure, Crime, Drama | B&W

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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back is a 1937 American mystery film thriller film directed by Louis King and starring John Howard as the English adventurer Bulldog Drummond. John Barrymore plays Drummond's friend Colonel Nielsen and is actually Top-billed in the picture. The supporting cast includes Drummond series regular Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, and J. Carrol Naish. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and is the second in the studio's series following Bulldog Drummond Escapes which had starred Ray Milland.

SYNOPSIS
The girlfriend of Captain Drummond has been kidnapped by an enemy of Drummond who seeks revenge. But Drummond and his friend Colonel Nielsen at once follow his trail...

Phyllis Clavering, the girlfriend of Captain Drummond, is kidnapped. Murderer Mikhail Valdin and his sister, Irena Soldanis, seek revenge for the death of her husband, sent to the gallows a year ago through Drummond's actions. Though Valdin could shoot Drummond, he informs the captain that it would be too quick. Drummond and his friend Colonel Nielsen are instead given a series of riddles to solve.

CAST & CREW
John Barrymore as Colonel Nielson
John Howard as Captain Hugh Bulldog Drummond
Louise Campbell as Phyllis Clavering
Reginald Denny as Algy Longworth
E.E. Clive as Tenny
J. Carrol Naish as Mikhail Valdin
Helen Freeman as Irena Soldanis
Zeffie Tilbury as Zeffie
John Sutton as Sanger
Phyllis Barry as Hortense
Rita Page as Barmaid
John Rogers as Blanton
Phyllis Barry as Hortense - Barmaid
Otto Fries as Sanghil Wun
Kay Deslys as Pub Singer
Frank Baker as Bobby
Forrester Harvey as Barman
Colin Kenny as Policeman

Directed by Louis King
Screenplay by Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Based on The Female of the Species 1928 novel by Herman C. McNeile
Produced by Stuart Walker, Adolph Zukor
Cinematography William C. Mellor
Edited by James Smith
Production company Paramount Pictures
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date September 24, 1937
Running time 64 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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