Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

JohnHowardReid Sir Ralph Richardson who played the title role in The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934), here returns to this series, this time playing the master villain, whose henchmen put the real Bulldog Drummond out of the way, only to be thwarted in their efforts to steal British Museum jewels by an inept impersonator. Although it has its fair share of chuckles, and two or three quite risible moments, it's fair to say that Bulldog Jack is far more successful delivering thrills than laughs. True, Jack is funny enough, whilst brother Claude makes the most perfect Algy of the entire series. Richardson in a wonderful fright wig overacts the arch-criminal to a "T", and Gibb McLaughlin is likewise successful as the Drummond butler. These are players who know instinctively how to tread the fine line between broad farce and genuinely menacing excitement. Unfortunately this talent is not shared by Fay Wray whose heroine's straight face seems almost frozen stiff, and Paul Graetz who manages to overact yet isn't the slightest bit funny. Fortunately shortfalls in the acting department don't matter very much by the time the double climax rolls around. Aided by Junge's magnificently eerie sets, Greenbaum's noirish lighting and Ludwig's exceptionally skilful film editing, the runaway climax is the most suspensefully thrilling of the series. As usual, Forde's direction is most accomplished. He even re-uses his famous running-down-the-stairs routine from Would You Believe It? (1929) in which all the action is filmed in just the single set but made to appear lighthousely extensive on the screen by rapid pacing and brilliant cutting. My only complaint is that Bulldog Jack was made at least ten or twelve years before guest star cameos became so desirable and popular. Atholl Fleming is a dull and bland Bulldog (even though his first telephone voice sounds like Rex Harrison). How Ronald Colman or Jack Buchanan would have livened up this brief but vital part!OTHER VIEWS: A gentle spoof, with Jack Hulbert perhaps a little too strenuous in his pursuit of laughs, yet it manages to outpace many a more celebrated thriller in cliff-hanging suspense and nail-biting excitement. The casting of Claude Hulbert as Algy Longworth is nothing short of inspired, as is the enjoyable re-appearance of last year's Bulldog himself as this year's fiendish Moriarty-like antagonist. Lavish sets, atmospheric photography and a deft music score add immeasurably to the film's total appeal... Despite its comic potentials (which are for the most part realized quite ably and successfully), Bulldog Jack gets my vote as the best thriller of the year.

peefyn I was not aware of the character Bulldog Drummond before watching this movie. This movie seems to be a fun way to make a comedy out his kind of stories, though. While the set up was a bit weak - Drummond basically handing over his everything on little more than a whim - it worked okay within the (silly) movie. For this is a silly comedy. It does have a crime plot, but it's not that good, and not at all in focus. It's about Jack Pennington and the goofs he is forced to solve this crime with. Jack Pennington himself is mostly a comic relief with a hard to pin-down personality. He does deliver some fun lines, mostly the dismissive ones between himself and his sidekick. This relationship is the highlight of the movie - but only certain scenes and situations. At its worst parts, the movie is dumb gags with sound effects. These can be good, but in this movie isn't. For instance, I Initially liked the visual gag of the spiral staircase, but it lasted way too long to.Jack Hulbert does not impress with his acting, either. It might be that his style was more suited for the his era, as it bear similarities to other comedies of that time. But there's still something with his way of delivering many of the lines that distracted you from the punchline. At times it felt like he was on the verge of breaking into laughter. The other performances in the film did not feel off in this way.But then again, maybe I am too young for these kind of movies? Or maybe I am not well enough versed in comedies like this to appreciate them? Either way, the movie did not work for me now.

Maliejandra Why isn't this movie better known? If you're a fan of comedy and/or detective drama, this is the perfect movie for you.Bulldog Drummond breaks his arm in a car accident and can't work, so he enlists the help of the other guy in the collision to stand in for him until he recovers. So begins a hilarious case where "Bulldog Jack" (Jack Hulbert) does his best to behave the way he believes a detective should, only he's pretty dense and makes plenty of stupid decisions with sidekick Algy (Claude Hulbert) including setting a door on fire when they're locked in a small room in order to escape.The case involves a brunette Fay Wray who provides the eye candy in this stylishly-photographed thriller-comedy. If you get a chance to see it, do! What are you waiting for?

ljq Have seen this film several times now and generally chuckle/grin/smile most all of the way through. Always enjoy seeing the Underground and the British Museum settings again. Excellent "escapist" antidote to today's generally depressive "gloom and doom" national atmosphere. These days, I feel we need more of this type of film and less of the kind that's too light on dialogue and too heavy on violence and special effects.