Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police is a 1939 American country house murder mystery film directed by James Patrick Hogan, based on an H. C. McNeile novel. An absent minded Professor Downie makes a call upon Dummond as he is making plans for his much-delayed wedding to fiancee Phyllis Claverling, informing him that a fortune was buried in one of the walled off storerooms underneath his estate, and that Downie was in possession of a book written in code that would lead them to the treasure. Unfortunately for the professor, someone else also wanted the riches, and Drummond once again is dragged into the plot as the book is stolen and Professor Downie is murdered.
The film uses flashbacks from previous Drummond films and dream sequences extensively, which has led some to criticize it as tiresome. Oddly, despite the phrase 'secret police' in the title, there is nothing relating to any secret police in the plot whatsoever. The production values are high as the sets are of high quality, but the script has not received much acclaim.
The film is noteworthy for an early appearance of actor Leo G. Carroll.