Bulldog Sees It Through

Bulldog Sees it Through is a 1940 British, black-and-white, mystery war film directed by Harold Huth and starring Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt, Googie Withers, Ronald Shiner as Pug and Sebastian Shaw.^[2][3]

Bulldog Sees It Through
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Directed by	Harold Huth
Written by	Leslie Arliss Patrick Kirwan Doreen Montgomery
Based on	novel Scissors Cut Paper by Gerard Fairlie[1]
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Jack Buchanan Greta Gynt Sebastian Shaw David Hutcheson
Cinematography	Claude Friese-Greene
Edited by	Flora Newton
Music by	Marr Mackie
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures International (UK)
Release date	14 September 1940 (1940-09-14)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

This is not a Bulldog Drummond picture despite the title playing off Jack Buchanan and his previous association with the character. Here he plays the role of Test Pilot 'Bulldog' Bill Watson. His friend Derek Sinclair is convinced that the new man in his love's life is collaborating with the Nazis by sabotaging an armaments plant.^[4]

Cast

• Jack Buchanan as Bill Watson
• Greta Gynt as Jane Sinclair
• Googie Withers as Toots
• Sebastian Shaw as Derek Sinclair
• David Hutcheson as Freddie Caryll
• Robert Newton as Watkins
• Arthur Hambling as Inspector Horn
• Wylie Watson as Dancing Professor
• Polly Ward as Miss Fortescue
• Ronald Shiner as Pug
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Magistrate
• Raymond Huntley as Tramp Steamer Officer

Critical reception

The Observer wrote in 1940, "a prophetic but slow-footed war-time thriller, chiefly notable for the first really good impersonation of Lord Haw-Haw."^[5]

References

1. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943.
2. "Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)". IMDb. 14 September 1940.
3. "Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016.
4. Hal Erickson. "Bulldog Sees It Through (1940) - Harold Huth - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
5. "Bulldog Sees It Through (1940)". Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

External links

• Bulldog Sees It Through at AllMovie
• Bulldog Sees It Through at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}
• Bulldog Sees It Through at IMDb