Bulldog Drummond

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 by modern writers

Bulldog Drummond was one of many characters featured in the anthology Combined Forces (1983) by Jack Smithers.

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Anthology - Combined Forces - 1983 - Jack Smithers

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In 2004, Moonstone Books released a Bulldog Drummond comic book written by William Messner-Loebs and illustrated by Brett Barkley.

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2004 - Moonstone Books - Comic book - William Messner-Loebs - Brett Barkley

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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. Newman also used the character for a brief cameo appearance in his novel The Bloody Red Baron.

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Kim Newman - 1991 - Margaret Thatcher - 1984 Miners' Strike - The Bloody Red Baron

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Another Bulldog Drummond parody, Bullshot Crummond, was written by Ron House, Diz White, John Neville-Andrews, Alan Shearman, and Derek Cunningham. It was originally staged as a play starring those same five worthies, and subsequently made into a 1983 motion picture.

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Bullshot Crummond - Ron House - Diz White - John Neville-Andrews - Alan Shearman - Derek Cunningham

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