Bulldog Drummond (1922 film)

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Bulldog Drummond
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Film poster
Directed by Oscar Apfel
Written by B. E. Doxat-Pratt
Wallace Smirh
Sidney Howard
Based onBulldog Drummond
1921 play
by Herman C. McNeile
Produced byMaurits Binger
Starring Carlyle Blackwell
Evelyn Greeley
Dorothy Fane
Warwick Ward
Cinematography George Barnes
Gregg Toland
Edited byFrank Lawrence
Viola Lawrence
Production
company
Hollandia Film Corporation
Distributed byAstra-National
United Artists Corp.
Release date
  • 21 October 1922 (1922-10-21)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited Kingdom
Budget£5,000

Bulldog Drummond (1922) was the first film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond fictional character, starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr. and Evelyn Greeley, and directed by Oscar Apfel. The story was adapted by B. E. Doxat-Pratt and produced by Maurits Binger. [1]

Contents

Plot summary

Cast

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Lobby card for Bulldog Drummond

Production

Bulldog Drummond was filmed in the Netherlands. [1]

Survival status

It is unknown whether any recording of the film survives, so it may be a lost film.

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