Customer Reviews

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

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If you like the old time detective and adventure films, you should like this one. It is also a rare one, for its not being on any compilation type mystery discs.

Some people don`t like George Zucco, but when I see his name it sells me on the movie. An under-rated actor. Good picture quality and good acting by Angel and Howard (he`s the best Bulldog in my opinion).

Capt. Hugh Chesterton 'Bulldog' Drummond (John Howard) is engaged and about to be married to Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel.) However he has to put it off as he is the suspect in a murder. The real murderer bumps off a scientist, beware of the stinger, who invented a laser type death ray that is designed to blow up gunpowder from a distance.

Will Bulldog get the bad guys before they can hatch their insidious plot? Or will Col. J.A. Nielsen, "don't call me inspector', incarcerate Bulldog?

Phyllis takes a positive role and the bad guys anticipate her interference.

The recording of this film is "z" you would never guess that in the same year they made "Gone with the Wind".

I should have known something foul when I got the DVD ad discovered it was Alpha Video. The picture quality isn't very good at all. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being unwatchable and 10 being remastered, I would give this DVD release a 5. They also superimposed their logo on the corner and freeze framed the opening title screen. If you want better quality, I recommend the Sinister Cinema release on Amazon.com (about the same price as Alpha's) because their release is not altered. I'm more a purist and I prefer to watch my movies unaltered.

I love that Amazon has all these old shows and movies available for free on prime. I watched the Amazon online version and it is pretty decent quality (27" imac) not excellent. While watching the video you will periodically hear a "touch tone" almost like a phone is having a button pushed otherwise the audio is decent also.