Bullshot is a 1983 British comedy film, based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond. The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film Bulldog Drummond with the lead character having elements of Drummond and Biggles.
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| Directed by | Dick Clement |
| Written by | Ronald E. House Alan Shearman Diz White |
| Based on | Bullshot Crummond |
| Produced by | Ian La Frenais |
| Starring | Alan Shearman Diz White Ronald E. House |
| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Edited by | Allan Jones |
| Music by | John Du Prez |
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| Distributed by | Island Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Under $3 million[1] |
Plot
editCaptain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond is a World War I fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, and part-time sleuth. He must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary, and win the heart of the damsel in distress Rosemary Fenton.
Cast
edit- Alan Shearman as Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond
- Diz White as Rosemary Fenton
- Ronald E. House as Count Otto van Bruno
- Frances Tomelty as Lenya von Bruno
- Michael Aldridge as Professor Rupert Fenton
- Christopher Good as Lord Binky Brancaster
- Ron Pember as Dobbs
- Mel Smith as Crouch
- Billy Connolly as Hawkeye McGillicuddy
- Geoffrey Bayldon as Colonel Hinchcliff
Production
editThe film was produced by George Harrison's company Handmade Films. Shearman and White reprised their roles from the stage play.
Reception
editColin Greenland reviewed Bullshot for Imagine magazine, and stated that "it is pell-mell, hammer and tongs, hell for leather all the way through a plot that gets more deliciously ludicrous by the second. Superb (over-)acting in spiffing costumes on scrummy sets, not a few guffaws, and comic cameos from Billy Connolly, Mel Smith, John Wells and 'Legs' Larry Smith."[2]
References
edit- ^ Robert Sellers, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: The Inside Story of HandMade Films, Metro 2003, p 131-138
- ^ Greenland, Colin (December 1983). "Film Review". Imagine (review) (9). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 45.
External links
edit- Bullshot at IMDb
- Bullshot at Rotten Tomatoes
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