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Deadlier Than the Male (1967)British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings. Director:Ralph ThomasWriters:Liz Charles-Williams, Herman C. McNeile (based on the characters from the books by), 3 more credits » |
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Robert Drummond
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Brenda
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Miss Peggy Ashenden
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Henry Bridgenorth
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Sir John Bledlow
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King Fedra
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Chang
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Mitsouko
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Anna
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British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.
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These are the women to put up a man's pulse rate - and stop it . . . stone dead! See more »Parents Guide:
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12 February 1967 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Bonecas que Matam See more »Company Credits
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Penelope: He can provoke me... anytime.
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Written by John Franz and Scott Walker (as Scott Engel)
Performed by The Walker Brothers
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This movie was based on an original story directly written for the screen and was not based on one of Herman C. McNeile (Sapper)'s 'Bulldog Drummond' novels. See more »Goofs
Wyngarde's gun is heard to fall on the beach, but appears on the table again in the rest of the scene. See more »Quotes
Carl Petersen: My dears, Mr. Drummond is trying to provoke me.Penelope: He can provoke me... anytime.
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"Deadlier Than the Male"Written by John Franz and Scott Walker (as Scott Engel)
Performed by The Walker Brothers
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Perhaps the best of the escapist superspy movies spawned by the James Bond phenomenon,"Deadlier than the male" benefits by taking itself more seriously than the leering and campy approach found in,for example,the "Matt Helm" series and the 2 "Derek Flint" films.Richard Johnson-who could well have played James Bond,and would have brought more humanity to the role than any of the actors who played 007 managed,is excellent as Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond(a character featured in a series of books in the 20s and 30s and a number of "b" movies,reborn here as a secret agent for the swinging 60s).Nigel Green is also perfect,as a suave and very dangerous master criminal.The female assassins,played by 60s stunners Elke Sommer and Sylva Koscina,are allowed to be despicably evil,and without any redeeming features(they are as keen to sadistically torture people as they are to kill them),and the sight of the murderous pair in bikinis emerging from the ocean with harpoon guns,should be as iconic as the "Ursula Andress hits the beach" moment in "Dr No".
Unfortunately the sequel to this movie,"Some girls do"(1969),though not without interest,adopted the over the top camp "Deadlier than the male" avoided,and ended the franchise.