#19 Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police

January 19, 2021
Bulldog Drummond’s Secret Police (1939) ** 1/2
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This was another one of those “it’s the middle of the night and I need to find something short” movies, I never would have watched it otherwise.

I’m no fan of Bulldog Drummond, as a rule. I dislike the radio show to such an extent that whenever I’m listening to old time radio and an episode comes on, I skipped past it without even listening to a little bit of it, though that is partially because they made the radio version American and Bulldog Drummond is British, see: Bulldog.

I really love these old mysteries and detective stories of the ’30s and ’40s, but Bulldog Drummond has never been on my list. But it’s an hour long, so I watched it, and it wasn’t terrible! (pull-quote for the poster, “Not terrible! – Kymm Zuckert”) Now, it’s not actually so much good, either, but I stayed awake, and Leo G. Carroll is in it, and he’s always fun to watch.

Bulldog Drummond is a detective who has postponed his wedding five times due to mysteries popping up, but this time the wedding will really happen! Until some dude pops up claiming there is a fortune hidden in the secret passages of Drummond’s ancestral home, and there is much knocking down walls and people getting killed and stuff, which puts a pall on any wedding.

I’d say I don’t actually recommend it, but on the other hand, there are two more of these movies on the TCM app, and I just might watch them, so I guess I don’t not recommend it.