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 former WWI Army officer who had set up his own private detective business after the war. The stories, like the character, were often direct and brutal, and often rang of jingoism and racism. The character first appeared in the novel Bulldog Drummond (1920), and was adapted into a number of films and radio serials.
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)
Bulldog Drummond short stories by McNeile:
- "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)
A Bulldog Drummond radio serial ran from 1941 to 1954; Bulldog was voiced by George Coulouris.
Bulldog Drummond by modern writers
Bulldog Drummond was one of many characters featured in the anthology Combined Forces (1983) by Jack Smithers.
In 2004, Moonstone Books released a Bulldog Drummond comic book written by William Messner-Loebs and illustrated by Brett Barkley.
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.