Bullshot (film)
Bullshot is a 1983 film, based on the stage play Bullshot Crummond. The name comes from a parody of the 1929 film Bulldog Drummond, on which it is loosely based.
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| 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 |
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| Distributed by | Island Pictures |
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Running time | 85 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Under $3 million[1] |
Plot
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).
Production
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.
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."[2]
References
- 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). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. (9): 45.