Bullshot (film)

Bullshot
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
Production company	Handmade Films
Distributed by	Island Pictures
Release date	28 October 1983 (1983-10-28) (UK)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	Under $3 million

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

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

• 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

The film was produced by George Harrison's company Handmade Films. Shearman and White reprised their roles from the stage play.

Reception

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."

External links

• Bullshot at IMDb
• Bullshot at Rotten Tomatoes