This Bulldog Drummond film is considered so rare that even Leonard Maltin doesn't include it in his books that do list all of the other entries in the series. I managed to get hold of a decent-quality copy, though one part of the film near the end (how they get inside the ship) seems to be missing entirely. The main strengths of this film come from its cast: every major cast member seems to be well-suited to his/her role, with Warner Oland effective as the villain, Loretta Young yummy as the girl-in-distress (oh, those big eyes of hers!), and Charles Butterworth & Una Merkel cute as the comic relief. There are several running gags in the film that work well, like the constant interruptions of Butterworth's and Merkel's wedding night, or the constant disappearances of witnesses from Drummond's own house. However, the story on the whole is fairly middling, and moves at a snail's pace. **1/2 out of 4.
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