Bulldog Drummond
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Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by "Sapper", a pseudonym of H. C. McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. The stories followed Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., a wealthy former WWI Army officer who after the war spends his new-found leisure time as a private detective.
The writing is often unashamedly jingoist, as well as unacceptably racist by present-day standards.
The character first appeared in the novel Bulldog Drummond (1920), and was adapted into a number of films and radio serials.
After McNeile's death in 1938, his friend Gerard Fairlie continued to write stories based on the character.
Bulldog Drummond stories
Bulldog Drummond novels:- Bulldog Drummond (1920, by McNeile)
- The Black Gang (1922, by McNeile)
- The Third Round (1924, by McNeile)
- Bulldog Drummond (1925, by Gerald du Maurier and McNeile)
- The Final Count (1926, by McNeile)
- The Female of the Species (1928, by McNeile)
- Temple Tower (1929, by McNeile)
- The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1932, by McNeile)
- Knock-Out (1933, by McNeile)
- Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1935, by McNeile)
- The Challenge (1937, by McNeile)
- Bulldog Drummond on Dartmoor (1938, by Gerard Fairlie)
- Bulldog Drummond Attacks (1939, by Fairlie)
- Captain Bulldog Drummond (1945, by Fairlie)
- Bulldog Drummond Stands Fast (1947, by Fairlie)
- Hands Off Bulldog Drummond (1949, by Fairlie)
- Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951, by Fairlie)
- The Return of the Black Gang (1954, by Fairlie)
- Deadlier Than the Male (1966, by Henry Reymond)
- Some Girls Do (196?, by Henry Reymond)
- "Lonely Inn"
- "The Mystery Tour"
- "The Oriental Mind"
- "Thirteen Lead Soldiers"
- "Wheels Within Wheels"
Bulldog Drummond in film and radio
Bulldog Drummond silent films:
Bulldog Drummond talkies:- Bulldog Drummond (1929)
- Temple Tower (1930)
- The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934)
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
- Bulldog Jack (1935)
- Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)
- Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
- Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)
- Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
- Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939)
- Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
- Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
- Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
- The Challenge (1948)
- 13 Lead Soldiers (1948)
- Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
- Deadlier Than the Male (1966)
- Some Girls Do (1969)
Later incarnations
- Kim Newman's short story "Pitbull Brittan", published in 1991, was a savage parody both of Bulldog Drummond and of the state of England under Margaret Thatcher, and featured the eponymous adventurer's battle against an international conspiracy responsible for the 1984 Miners' Strike. Newman also used the character for a brief cameo appearance in his novel The Bloody Red Baron.
- Bulldog Drummond was one of many characters featured in the anthology Combined Forces (1983) by Jack Smithers.
- Another parody, Bullshot Crummond, was originally staged as a play and subsequently made into a 1983 motion picture.
- In 2004, Moonstone Books released a Bulldog Drummond comic book written by William Messner-Loebs and illustrated by Brett Barkley.
- The early Adventure Eddy stories were similar in style to the Bulldog Drummond stories and author Roland Hulme admitted that they, along with The Saint stories by Leslie Charteris, inspired him to write adventure stories.
Pop culture
Bulldog Drummond is one of the heroes mentioned in The Coasters' 1957 hit "Searchin'."- No matter where she's a-hidin', she's gonna hear me a-comin'
- Gonna walk right down that street like Bulldog Drummond!
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