''Bulldog Sees it Through'' is a 1940 British,

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, mystery war film directed by Harold Huth and starring Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt,

Googie Withers Georgette Lizette Withers, CBE, AO (12 March 191715 July 2011), known professionally as Googie Withers, was an English entertainer who was a dancer and actress with a lengthy career spanning some nine decades in theatre, film, and television. ...

, Ronald Shiner as Pug and Sebastian Shaw.

Plot

This is not a

Bulldog Drummond Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is a fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. Drummond is a First World War veteran who, ...

picture despite the title playing off Jack Buchanan and his previous association with the character. Here he plays the role of Test Pilot 'Bulldog' Bill Watson. His friend Derek Sinclair ( Sebastian Shaw) is convinced that the new man in his love's life is collaborating with the

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by sabotaging an armaments plant.

Cast

* Jack Buchanan as Bill Watson * Greta Gynt as Jane Sinclair *

as Toots * Sebastian Shaw as Derek Sinclair * David Hutcheson as Freddie Caryll *

Robert Newton Robert Guy Newton (1 June 1905 – 25 March 1956) was an English actor. Along with Errol Flynn, Newton was one of the more popular actors among the male juvenile audience of the 1940s and early 1950s, especially with British boys. Known for hi ...

as Watkins *

Arthur Hambling Arthur Hambling (14 March 1888 – 6 December 1952) was a British actor, on stage from 1912, and best known for appearances in the films ''Henry V'' (1944) and ''The Lavender Hill Mob'' (1951). In 1939 he appeared in the West End in N.C. Hunte ...

as Inspector Horn * Wylie Watson as Dancing Professor *

Polly Ward Polly Ward (born Byno Poluski; 30 June 1912–23 February 1987) was a British singer and actress. Filmography * ''The Marriage Business'' (1927) * '' Alf's Button'' (1930) * ''Harmony Heaven'' (1930) * '' His Lordship'' (1932) * ''Kentucky Minst ...

as Miss Fortescue * Ronald Shiner as Pug * Aubrey Mallalieu as Magistrate * Raymond Huntley as Tramp Steamer Officer

Critical reception

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'' wrote in 1940, "a prophetic but slow-footed war-time thriller, chiefly notable for the first really good impersonation of Lord Haw-Haw."

References

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* * * 1940 films 1940s mystery thriller films British black-and-white films Films directed by Harold Huth British World War II propaganda films World War II spy films British mystery thriller films British spy films Mystery war films Films with screenplays by Patrick Kirwan 1940s English-language films {{1940s-thriller-film-stub