Bulldog Drummond (1929)

Ronald Colman: Hugh Drummond

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Quotes 

• Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : Danny, pack my bag. Pyjamas, toothbrush and a gun.

  Danny : Please sir. Don't you really think sir? Yes sir.

  Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : On second thought, never mind the pyjamas. Just the toothbrush and the gun.

• [first lines] 

  [In the silence of the club room, the waiter drops a spoon. Slowly the elderly Colonel stands up, and then...] 

  Colonel : Pah! The eternal din in this club is an outrage! I ask you, wot?

  Algy Longworth : You're perfectly right, Colonel. We ought to complain. Do you know that's the third spoon I've heard drop this month?

  Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : Spoons, my hat. I wish that somebody would throw a bomb and wake the place up.

• Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : I've been bored too long. I can't stand it any more. I'm too rich to work, too intelligent to play... much; I tell you, if something doesn't happen within the next few days, I'll explode.

  Algy Longworth : I don't know what to suggest, dear old boy, unless you advertised... and you, you can't very well do that, can you?

  Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : I don't know, I might. I rather think that's an inspiration, Algy, by Jove I do! I didn't know you had it in you. Say, barman, give me a piece of paper and a pencil. Now, let's see: "To the Editor, Personal Column, The Times, London. Demobilized officer, finding peace unbearably tedious..."

  Algy Longworth : Dear old boy, you're not serious!

  [Dissolve to the printed ad, which states: "DEMOBILIZED OFFICER, finding peace unbearably tedious would welcome any excitement. Legitimate, if possible, but crime of humorous description, no objection. Reply at once- Box X 10, The Times."] 

• Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : You must admit, it's rather like a penny thriller.

• Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : Algy, if I wanted a bodyguard I should have sent for my maiden aunt.

  Algy Longworth : Oh, I say!

  Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond : Well, why not? She's more of a man than you are!