Claim: Temple Tower, a pre-Code crime film that was released in the US in 1930, was based upon a book by Herman McNeile, and depicts the character Bulldog Drummond.
Evidence: Temple Tower is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Donald Gallaher and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day. April 13, 1930 United States The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer and is based on the novel Temple Tower by Herman Cyril McNeile. It is sandwiched between more celebrated portrayals of the character by Ronald Colman in two United Artists films Bulldog Drummond and The Return of Bulldog Drummond.