Bullshot (film)

Bullshot
Directed by	Dick Clement
Written by
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 min.
Language	English
Budget	Under $3 million[1]

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.

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 ().

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[]

External links[]

• Bullshot at IMDb
• Bullshot at Rotten Tomatoes

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