Today's feature is my pick for the best of the 1960s James Bond spinoffs. While there are better known 007 imitators from the time period(James Coburn's Derek Flint, Dean Martin's Matt Helm and Robert Vaughn's Napoleon Solo), this film is the only one that comes close to the quality of the Bond films of the 1960s and equals many a mid-range entry in the series. The main character himself, Sapper's Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond was an inspiration for Ian Fleming when he wrote the Bond novels so it's not surprising that the 1920s-1930s literary detective and World War I vet would get a mid-1960s makeover as a Korean War vet and charming bachelor/insurance investigator in pursuit of two beautiful "hit-women" working for an unknown criminal mastermind. Richard Johnson was a contender for the role of Bond in "Dr. No" and many Bond veterans appear in supporting roles and the film itself was shot at Bond's home Pinewood Studios. 1960s spy fans, enjoy.
To: ReformationFan; fieldmarshaldj; Perdogg
To: ReformationFan
Women in bikinis holding bayonets, dagger, pistols and machine guns. And a bulls-eye painted right on the you-know-what. Time to surrender.
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08/04/2013 12:59:14 PM PDT by
Telepathic Intruder
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To: ReformationFan
It was an attempt to bring back the Bulldog Drummond character, who was a a number of movies in the 30’s and 40’s, by blending with the then current James Bond spy movie craze.
Personally I like the movie, which was followed by Some Girls Do which ended the attempt to bring back Bulldog Drummond.
It featured Elke Sommer & Sylva Koscina, two Eurobabes that many in the US have forgotten, but not me.
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08/04/2013 8:07:36 PM PDT by
packrat35
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