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Deadlier than the Male (Original title)
Dates: 1966 (Copyright), 12 February 1967 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Ralph Thomas

Synopsis: Bulldog Drummond rescues a Middle Eastern king from a plot involving oil concessions.

Genres:
Detective drama, Thriller

Subject:
Espionage
Releases
Date: 12 February 1967Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 98 mins Length: 8820 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2013Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specifiedRuntime: 97 mins 36 secs - Distributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (60)
©: Santor Film Productions, Presents: The Rank Organisation, A Sydney Box-Bruce Newbery production: Sydney Box, Bruce Newbery, Produced by: Betty E. Box, Production Manager: Eric Rattray, Unit Manager: Bernard Hanson, Location Manager: Giorgio Zambon, Assistant Director: Simon Relph, Assistant Director: Giorgio Gentili, Assistant Director: Allan James, Assistant Director: Patrick O'Brien, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay by: Jimmy Sangster, Screenplay by: David Osborn, Screenplay by: Liz Charles-Williams, From an original story by: Jimmy Sangster, Based on Sapper's and Gerard Fairlie's character, Bulldog Drummond: Sapper, Gerard Fairlie, Director of Photography: Ernest Steward, Camera Operator: James Bawden, Focus Puller: John Morgan, Clapper/Loader: Michael Smith, Gaffer: Bill Walpole, Key Grip: Reg Hall, Stills Photography: John Jay, Special Effects: Kit West, Special Effects: Pat Moore, Editor: Alfred Roome, Assistant Editor: Jack Gardner, Assistant Editor: Rita Burgess, Art Director: Alex Vetchinsky, Assistant Art Director: Ted Clements, Set Dresser: Helen Thomas, Draughtsperson: Jim Morahan, Scenic Artist: Jack Cook, Construction Manager: Ken Softley, Costume Designer: Cynthia Tingey, Costume Supervisor: Yvonne Caffin, Wardrobe: John Hilling, Wardrobe: Betty Knight, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Make-up Assistant: John Wilcox, Hairdressing: Maud Onslow, Filmed in: Techniscope, Colour by: Technicolor, Music Composed and Directed by: Malcolm Lockyer, Title Song by: John Franz, Scott Engel, [Title Song] Sung by: The Walker Brothers, Sound Recordist: Dudley Messenger, Sound Recordist: Gordon K. McCallum, Boom Operator: Danny Daniel, Sound Camera Operator: Terry Hill, Dubbing Mixer: Otto Snel, Sound Editor: Don Sharpe, Stunt Co-ordinator: Bob Anderson, Publicity: Geoffrey Freeman, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (25)
Richard Johnson (Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond), Elke Sommer (Irma Eckman), Sylva Koscina (Penelope), Nigel Green (Carl Petersen), Suzanna Leigh (Grace), Steve Carlson (Robert Drummond), Justine Lord (Miss Ashenden), William Mervyn (oil company chairman), Zia Mohyeddin (King Fedra), Lee Montague (Boxer), Yasuko Nagazumi (Mitsouko), Laurence Naismith (Sir John Bledlow), George Pastell (Carloggio), Milton Reid (Chang), Leonard Rossiter (Bridgenorth), Virginia North (Brenda), Didi Sydow (Anna), Dervis Ward (Keller), John Stone (Wyngarde), Doug Robinson (obnoxious man in pub), Nikki van der Zyl (dubbed voice of Penelope), James Payne (taxi driver), George Sewell (thug in car park), Kitty Swan (4th assassin), Jill Banner