Herman C. McNeile

Herman C. McNeile

Nacimiento : 1888-09-27, Bodmin, Cornwall, England, UK

Muerte : 1937-08-14

Historia

Herman Cyril McNeile, MC, commonly known as Cyril McNeile and publishing under the name H. C. McNeile or the pseudonym Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail.

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Herman C. McNeile

Películas

Más peligrosas todavía
Characters
Una serie de accidentes inexplicables ocurren a las personas y empresas responsables del desarrollo del SST1. Hugh Drummond es enviado a investigar y, con la ayuda de otro agente, descubre un complot planeado por Carl Petersen, quien va a ganar ocho millones libras si el avión no está listo en una fecha determinada. El malvado Petersen ha desarrollado una serie de androides (hermosas chicas con "cerebros electrónicos") para ayudarle a sabotear el proyecto SST1, por medio de "infrasonido" (extrema frecuencia de las ondas de sonido de baja) que se pueden dirigir a las personas u objetos con resultados devastadores.
Más peligrosas que los hombres
Characters
Varios ejecutivos de empresas petroleras han sido asesinados. El investigador de seguros Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond es enviado a examinar los casos. Todas las víctimas han sido liquidadas por unas implacables asesinas, las cuales desaparecen sin dejar rastro. Pero Drummond descubre que estas mujeres operan bajo las órdenes de un siniestro genio criminal, decidido a apoderarse de concesiones petroleras en territorios árabes que han quedado vacantes ya que sus titulares han sido eliminados. Ahora deberá correr contra el tiempo para salvar la vida del Rey Fedra, quien se encuentra en la mira de los asesinos.
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Characters
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
The Challenge
Novel
Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location of his hidden gold.
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Novel
Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond investigates the murder of the C.I.D. man who had been tracing validity of rival claims to a large estate.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Writer
"Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. After they leave he finds a card marked with some mysterious letters. Doris Meredith comes by the next day, pretending her car has broken down. Drummond knows better but plays along with her. Drummond calls Scotland Yard Inspector Holmes, and is informed that some of the letters comprise the code-name for a Yard-man who disappeared while carrying some diamonds from France to England. Doris tells Drummond the man is her brother. Drummond uses a decoy to lure the thieves out of hiding, but they adduct Doris.
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Characters
"Bulldog" Drummond is vacationing in his country home in England, and his house if rifled by two thieves. After they leave he finds a card marked with some mysterious letters. Doris Meredith comes by the next day, pretending her car has broken down. Drummond knows better but plays along with her. Drummond calls Scotland Yard Inspector Holmes, and is informed that some of the letters comprise the code-name for a Yard-man who disappeared while carrying some diamonds from France to England. Doris tells Drummond the man is her brother. Drummond uses a decoy to lure the thieves out of hiding, but they adduct Doris.
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Novel
Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is on the precipice of matrimony to his beloved Phyllis -- but a bank robbery and a daring escape is going to get in their way before they reach the altar.
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Novel
Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Novel
The invention of a machine that can cause remote explosions brings the attention of Scotland Yard and Bulldog Drummond.
Bulldog Drummond in Africa
Novel
Drummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to rescue his friend Nielsen who is kidnapped by an international criminal.
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Novel
Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the mystery of diamond counterfeiters.
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Novel
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo containing dangerous explosives goes missing from its place, Drummond is forced to delay his plans.
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Novel
Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
Ondas mortales
Novel
Bulldog Drummond se enfrenta a agentes extranjeros que intentan robar los planos de un avión de alto secreto.
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Writer
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Theatre Play
Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a dangerous situation.
Debt of Honour
Story
A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa.
Bulldog Jack
Novel
While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to foil a criminal mastermind's (Ralph Richardson) impending heist that's targeting a valuable jewel necklace held within the British Museum. This comedic 1930s mystery features daring rescues, intense fistfights and an exciting edge-of-your seat finale aboard a runaway train.
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Novel
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Novel
Bulldog Drummond forms a gang to rescue his wife and thwart his nemesis, Carl Peterson.
The Impassive Footman
Theatre Play
A woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a concert.
Love on the Spot
Novel
Two criminals are reformed when they meet and fall in love.
Bulldog Drummond
Writer
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
Bulldog Drummond
Theatre Play
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
Poppies of Flanders
Story
An Earl's reformed son fakes a relapse on learning his sweetheart loves another, and dies saving his life.
Bulldog Drummond's Third Round
Novel
Merchants hire a foreign criminal to kidnap a scientist for the secret of manufacturing diamonds.
Bulldog Drummond
Writer
A captain saves a kidnapped magnate from a nursing home run by foreign agents.
Bulldog Drummond
Theatre Play
A captain saves a kidnapped magnate from a nursing home run by foreign agents.