Bullshot (film)

Bullshot

Directed by	Dick Clement
Produced by	Ian La Frenais
Written by	Ronald E. House Alan Shearman Diz White
Based on	Bullshot Crummond
Starring	Alan Shearman Diz White Ronald E. House
Music by	John Du Prez
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Edited by	Allan Jones
Production company	Handmade Films
Distributed by	Island Pictures
Release dates	November 1983 (UK)
Running time	85 min.
Language	English
Budget	under $3 million^[1]

Bullshot is a 1983 film, based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond. The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film, on which it is loosely based, Bulldog Drummond.

Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond (Alan Shearman) 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 (Ronald E. House), his wartime adversary, and win the heart of the damsel in distress (Diz White).

The film was produced by George Harrison's company Handmade Films.

Alan Shearman would reprise his association with Handmade Films in their 1985 film Water.

Trivia

Both Alan Shearman and Ronald E. House also appeared in Escape from New York as dancers.

References

↑ Robert Sellers, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: The Inside Story of HandMade Films, Metro 2003, p 131-138

External links

Bullshot at the Internet Movie Database

Works by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais

Sitcoms	The Likely Lads (1964–66) Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973–74) Porridge (1974–77) Thick as Thieves (1974) Going Straight (1978) Tracey Takes On... (1996-99) Parents of the Band (2008–09)

Other series	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983–2004) Lovejoy (1986–94) Archangel (2005) The Rotters' Club (2005)

Films	The Jokers (1967) Otley (1968) To Catch a Spy (1971) Villain (1971) The Likely Lads (1976) Porridge (1979) The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) Never Say Never Again (1983) Water (1985) The Commitments (1991) Excess Baggage (1997) Still Crazy (1998) Honest (2000) Goal! (2005) Flushed Away (2006) Across the Universe (2007) The Bank Job (2008) Killing Bono (2011) Bunyan and Babe (2016)

Theatre work	Billy (1974)

As script editors	Astronauts (1981–82)

Other film work	Bullshot (1983) Vice Versa (1988)

Clement alone	Anyone for Denis? (director, 1982)

La Frenais alone	Percy's Progress (film, 1971) My Old Man (with others, 1974–75) The Other 'Arf (with others, 1980–84) Spender (with others, 1991–93)

H. C. McNeile's Bulldog Drummond

Novels	Bulldog Drummond The Black Gang The Third Round The Final Count The Female of the Species Temple Tower The Return of Bulldog Drummond Knock-Out Bulldog Drummond at Bay Challenge

Films	Bulldog Drummond (1922) The Third Round (1925) Bulldog Drummond (1929) Temple Tower (1930) The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934) Bulldog Jack (1935) Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937) Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937) Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937) Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938) Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938) Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1939) Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939) Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939) Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947) 13 Lead Soldiers (1948) The Challenge (1948) Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) Deadlier Than the Male (1967) Some Girls Do (1969)