Deadlier Than the Male

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bill t The big criticism I have about this is this is NOT a Bulldog Drummond movie. It's only by name. They've changed everything about him, they dropped his best friend Algee, his occupation (a retired army captain), his girlfriend.. now he's an insurance investigator, single, and is hired to investigate a series of fishy 'accidents" for claims purposes. This is, for all intent and purposes, a James Bond knockoff. It's a pretty good one, and a huge Austin Powers influence, no doubt about it. But couldn't they pick another name? Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A poor attempt to copy Bond mania, this knock-off thinks killing people in novel ways and an agent in a Rolls-Royce convertible spells success........ It does not. But for pure retrospective interest in the era, constuming and sets, it is a time capsule look at a late sixties era never to be replicated for sure. [img]http://www.rarecultcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/deadlier-418x215.png[/img] PLOT: When a top oil executive dies mysteriously aboard his private jet, the company's board suspects foul play and hires Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to investigate. Attempts on his own life lead him to believe two lovely females are "hit men" for an international crime syndicate. [img]http://dcairns.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/vlcsnap-3456408.png[/img] "Deadlier Than the Male is a 1967 British crime and mystery film featuring the character of Bulldog Drummond. It is one of the many take-offs of James Bond produced during the 1960s but based on an established detective fiction hero."--wikipedia The best thing about the movie, besides Elke Sommer, was the title. [img]http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/22/b70-11490[/img] REVIEWS by people like us: 40% I'm a huge fan of the "Bulldog Drummond" series from the thirties and this is the first of two updatings of the character made in the sixties. 70% "Deadlier Than the Male was quite entertaining, definitely a little more campy than the Bond films of the same time period, yet I found myself enjoying... [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DDPzqjNvH50/T_kRp52nEGI/AAAAAAAAJb0/q6vxDLTuz7Y/s640/Deadlier_Than_the_Male_OS_poster_US.jpg[/img] NOTES: 1 The title is a reference to the 1911 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Female of the Species," which includes the line, "The female of the species must be deadlier than the male".... 2 In an interview, director Ralph Thomas stated that the film was intended as a pilot for a television series. It was filmed in three months with Thomas admitting he did it for "greed". [it couldn't have been for artistic value-- M.Rick] [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNJAoxjfzmciPvutKp7eB3yfSsmL2afXvWuDdKr13zIKVmgvIbSA[/img] Insurance inspector Drummond as Bond wanna-be Cast Richard Johnson as Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond Elke Sommer as Irma Eckman Sylva Koscina as Penelope Nigel Green as Carl Petersen Suzanna Leigh as Grace Steve Carlson as Robert Drummond Virginia North as Brenda Justine Lord as Miss Peggy Ashenden Leonard Rossiter as Henry Bridgenorth Laurence Naismith as Sir John Bledlow Zia Mohyeddin as King Fedra Lee Montague as Boxer Milton Reid as Chang Yasuko Nagazumi as Mitsouko Didi Sydow as Anna George Pastell as Carloggio Dervis Ward as Henry Keller John Stone as David Wyngarde William Mervyn as Chairman of the Phoenician Board [img]https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQvlOKNmdSaw_bB445A9vuDDFU385e8S6xLcEsbC9XWKOEj5cre[/img] Directed by Ralph Thomas Produced by Betty E. Box Sydney Box Written by Liz Charles-Williams David D. Osborn Jimmy Sangster Music by Malcolm Lockyer title song performed by The Walker Brothers Cinematography Ernest Steward Editing by Alfred Roome Distributed by J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors Release dates 21 February 1967 (London, premiere) Running time 98 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English SEE the entire film here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViY7CR2TSO8 [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKFWkNmZgV8IBXYpbX4Awqj7CSjvVcQht4Nmbw7dxK9q-7cw1Q[/img] Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A surprisingly decent Eurospy flick. Probably something I'd double feature with From Russia with Love Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Super awesome fun! I wish they still made movies like this. Also, Richard Johnson = dreamboat. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm a huge fan of the "Bulldog Drummond" series from the thirties and this is the first of two updatings of the character made in the sixties. I also love trashy sixties movies, in fact to me Sixties cinema is all about hot Euro-chicks, Hammer monsters, and Elvis churning out B-musicals. So why didn't I enjoy this? Well strange as it may seem it just takes itself far too seriously. Give me the tongue in cheek tone of "The Man From Uncle" anyday. Richard Johnson is well cast though as Drummond; he had rather unwisely turned down the role of James Bond for "Dr. No". Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member "I do all sorts of things when I'm tight." Classic British pulp hero, Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond gets a cheeky Bond style film adaptation. Occasionally funny, often delightfully awkward, and constantly condescendingly chauvinistic, Deadlier Than the Male is a great deal of fun. Chock full of 'That Guy' actors, beautiful women, and deadly assassins (who also happen to be among the beautiful women). And the crazy final chess match almost feels like something out of The Avengers. Great stuff. Unfortunately, Johnson isn't the most charming or dynamic of leads, but he's passable. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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