''Bulldog Drummond Comes Back'' is a 1937 American

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starring

John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...

as the English adventurer/crime-solver Bulldog Drummond.

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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 Edward Erskholme Clive (28 August 1879 – 6 June 1940) was a Welsh stage actor and director who had a prolific acting career in Britain and America. He also played numerous supporting roles in Hollywood movies between 1933 and his death. Biog ...

, and

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. The film was directed by

Louis King Louis King (June 28, 1898 – September 7, 1962) was an American actor and film director of westerns and adventure movies in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Plot

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.

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* * * * * * Films based on Bulldog Drummond 1937 films American mystery thriller films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films 1937 adventure films Films directed by Louis King 1930s mystery thriller films American adventure films Films set in London Paramount Pictures films Films based on British novels 1930s American films {{1930s-thriller-film-stub