Bullshot (film)
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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] |
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.
Plot
[edit]Captain 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
[edit]The film was produced by George Harrison's company Handmade Films. Shearman and White reprised their roles from the stage play.
Reception
[edit]Colin 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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