BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S PERIL is the first film I've seen in this late 1930s series and it feels very much par for the course for both the age and genre. It starts off with our hero getting married abroad, but he soon discovers that someone's stolen a valuable diamond and before long he sets off on a globetrotting adventure to get hold of the criminals responsible. It's resolutely low budget fare, quite fast paced at times, and includes some fun action sequences that seem to have been influenced by the likes of Errol Flynn - expect a sword fight or two and a villain wielding a whip. John Barrymore is there for name value only at the beginning and end of the film.
Review of Bulldog Drummond's Peril
