UK, 1969
93m, 8730 feet
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 1.66:1
mono, English
A British science fiction film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was originally released in the UK on 2 February 1969.
Plot Summary
An experimental supersonic aircraft is sabotaged and Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is sent to investigate, uncovering a plot involving young women with “electronic brains”.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Ralph Thomas
© Ashdown Film Productions Limited MCMLXIX [1969]
The Rank Organisation presents. From Ashdown Film Productions. A Betty E. Box-Ralph Thomas production
Produced by: Betty E. Box
Associate Producer: James Ware
Screenplay by: David Osborn and Liz Charles-Williams
Based on Sapper’s and Gerard Fairlie’s character Bulldog Drummond
Director of Photography: Ernest Steward
Editor: Ernest Hosler
Music Composed and Directed by: Charles Blackwell
Sound Recordists: Dudley Messenger, Ken Barker
Clothes for Miss Lavi, Miss Loncar and Additional Costumes by: Clive of London
Make-up: Basil Newall, Edward Knight
Hairdressing: Stella Rivers, Helene Bevan
Special Effects: Kit West
Process Photography by: Charles D. Staffell
Art Director: Edward Marshall
Studio: Pinewood Studios *
Cast
Richard Johnson (Hugh Drummond)
Daliah Lavi ([Baroness] Helga [Hagen])
Beba Loncar (Pandora)
James Villiers (Carl Petersen)
Vanessa Howard (robot no.7)
Maurice Denham (Mr Mortimer)
Robert Morley (Miss Mary)
Sydne Rome (Flicky)
Florence Desmond (Lady Manderley)
Ronnie Stevens (Peregrine Carruthers)
Virginia North (robot no.9)
Nicholas Phipps (Lord Dunnberry)
Yutte Stensgaard (robot no.1)
George Belbin (Major Newman)
Richard Hurndall (president of aircraft co.)
Marga Roche (Birgit)
Adrienne Posta (Drummond’s daily)
Douglas Sheldon (Kruger)
Joanna Lumley [second robot assassin] *
Alternative Titles
Agentbrudarna (1980) – Sweden (video)
Alcune ragazze lo fanno – Italy
Algunas chicas lo hacen – Mexico
Bulldog Drummonds skrappe piger – Denmark
Dengeki! Supai sakusen – Japan
Dieu pardonne, elles jamais! – France
Más peligrosas todavía – Spain
Otan ta koritsia tolmoun – Greece
Pannanpa konepistoolilla – Finland
O Perigo Vem das Mulheres – Portugal
Unele fete fac asta – Romania
Links
Extracts included in
Al Murray’s Great British Spy Movies (2014)
Monty Python’s Flying Circus: How Not to Be Seen (1970)
See also
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
References
Periodicals
- The Daily Cinema no.9524 (22 May 1968) p.6 – credits
- The Daily Cinema no.9558 (7 August 1968) p.5 – note
- Empire no.196 (October 2005) p.145 – illustrated DVD review (At Home/Movies: Deadlier Than the Male/Some Girls Do by Kim Newman)
- Films and Filming vol.15 no.7 (April 1969) p.47 – review
- Kine Weekly no.3198 (25 January 1969) p.17 – credits, synopsis, review
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.36 no.422 (March 1969) p.61 – credits, synopsis, review
- Today’s Cinema no.9627 (24 January 1969) p.13 – credits, review
- Variety 5 February 1969 p.30 – credits, synopsis, review
Books
- Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.287 – credits, review
- The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999 by Paul Mavis p.292 – credits, review
- Feature films, 1960-1969: A Filmography of English-language and Major Foreign-language United States Releases by Harris M. Lentz III p.427 – credits, review
- Film Review 1969-70 by F. Maurice Speed (ed.) p.217 – credits, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films: A Checklist by Donald C. Willis p.442 – credits
- The International Spy Guide 002 by Richard Rhys Davies p.860 – illustrated credits, note
- Kine & TV Year Book 1970 p.115 – credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.449 – credits
