The third and weakest of the Paramount series, "Bulldog Drummond's Revenge" seems to run much longer than its 57 minutes, thanks mostly to the exasperating "comic relief" contributed by Reginald Denny, and the boring clichés of its ho-hum, stolen secret formula plot. Although the climactic action is set on a train, director Louis King proves unequal to the task of providing suspense, let alone atmosphere. Top-billed John Barrymore actually has an extremely small role as Colonel Nielson (he's given a big introduction and then virtually disappears), while Louise Campbell makes little impression as Phyllis Clavering. No match for Ray Milland's Bulldog, super-spruce John Howard even allows scheming heavy, Frank Puglia, to steal the picture.
Review of Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
