''Bulldog Drummond's Bride'' is an American crime comedy thriller film produced in 1939. It was the last film of

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Bulldog Drummond Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is a fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. Drummond is a First World War veteran who, ...

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, a shape charge-wielding master criminal comes up with a foolproof plan for robbing a bank and outwitting

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's pursuit, but during the getaway he hides his haul in a radio set in the new flat of Capt. Bulldog Drummond (

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 ...

) and his to-be wife Phyllis Clavering ( Heather Angel), leading to a murder, punch-ups, an expedition to

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, a night in a French jail cell and a break-out, in a race to reach Bulldog's

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. Phyllis is waiting for Drummond in a French village with her aunt Blanche Clavering ( Elizabeth Patterson), to be married the next day. She has sent a telegram, asking him to send her the radio, both unaware of its content. The villains meet their end in a roof-top fight and Bulldog finally ties the matrimonial knot in an explosive finale to his bachelorhood.

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as Captain Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond * Heather Angel as Phyllis Clavering *

H.B. Warner Henry Byron Warner (born Henry Byron Lickfold, 26 October 1876 – 21 December 1958) was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in '' The King of Kings''. In later years, he successfu ...

as Col. J.A. Nielson * Reginald Denny as Algy Longworth *

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 ...

as "Tenny" Tennison * Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Blanche Clavering *

Eduardo Ciannelli Eduardo Ciannelli (30 August 1888 – 8 October 1969), was an Italian baritone and character actor with a long career in American films, mostly playing gangsters and criminals. He was sometimes credited as Edward Ciannelli. Early life Ciannelli ...

as Henri Armides *

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as Garvey (Armides' Henchman) * John Sutton as Inspector Tredennis *

Neil Fitzgerald Neil Fitzgerald (15 January 1893 – 15 June 1982) was an Irish actor. Cornelius James Fitzgerald was born at Henry Street (now O'Brien Street), Tipperary, the son of James Joseph Fitzgerald, a grocer, and Ellen McGrath. He was educated in Trini ...

as Evan Barrows * Louis Mercier as Mayor Jean Philippe Napoleon Dupres * Adia Kuznetzoff as Gaston *

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as Theresa * Clyde Cook as Constable Sacker

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* * * * Films based on Bulldog Drummond 1939 films American mystery films 1930s English-language films American black-and-white films 1930s crime comedy films Films directed by James Patrick Hogan American crime comedy films 1930s mystery films 1939 comedy films Films set in London Paramount Pictures films 1930s American films {{comedy-crime-film-stub

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