Question: Which film has the director who died earlier, Calling Bulldog Drummond or Convoy (1978 Film)?

The film is based on the 1975 country and western novelty song" Convoy" by C. W. McCall. The film was made when the CB radio/ trucking craze was at its peak in the United States, and followed the similarly themed films" White Line Fever"( 1975) and" Smokey and the Bandit"( 1977). Convoy is a 1978 action film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair and Franklyn Ajaye. It was the most commercially successful film of Peckinpah's career. <SEP> Victor Saville( 25 September 1895 – 8 May 1979) was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962. <SEP> It featured the character Bulldog Drummond created by the novelist Herman Cyril McNeile, which had seen a number of screen adaptations. Calling Bulldog Drummond is a 1951 British crime film directed by Victor Saville and featuring Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty, David Tomlinson and Bernard Lee. A novel tie- in was also released in 1951. It was made by the British subsidiary of MGM at Elstree Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Alfred Junge. Drummond is called out of retirement by Scotland Yard to infiltrate a ruthless London crime outfit. <SEP> He was known for the visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre. Peckinpah's films generally deal with the conflict between values and ideals, as well as the corruption and violence in human society. His characters are often loners or losers who desire to be honorable, but are forced to compromise in order to survive in a world of nihilism and brutality. He was given the nickname" Bloody Sam" owing to the violence in his films. David Samuel Peckinpah( February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic" The Wild Bunch"( 1969). Peckinpah's combative personality, marked by years of alcohol and drug abuse, affected his professional legacy. Many of his films were noted for behind- the- scenes battles with producers and crew members, damaging his reputation and career during his lifetime. Some of his films, including" Major Dundee"( 1965)," Straw Dogs"( 1971)," The Getaway"( 1972)," Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid"( 1973)," Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia"( 1974) and" Cross of Iron"( 1977), remain controversial. <SEP> Howard Emmett Rogers( 1890 – 1971) was an American screenwriter. He was an active anti-communist member of the Screen Writers Guild. He worked for several studios during his career. Two of his last films" Calling Bulldog Drummond"( 1951) and" The Hour of 13"( 1952) were made by MGM- British. <SEP> Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 American pre-Code crime film in which Hugh" Bulldog" Drummond helps a beautiful young woman in distress. The film stars Ronald Colman as the title character, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge, Joan Bennett, and Lilyan Tashman. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn and directed by F. Richard Jones, the movie was adapted by Sidney Howard from the play by H. C. McNeile( credited onscreen as" Sapper"). Colman was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and William Cameron Menzies for Best Art Direction. Two previous Bulldog Drummond films had been produced:" Bulldog Drummond"( 1923) and" Bulldog Drummond's Third Round"( 1925). The 1929 film was the first Bulldog Drummond movie with sound, and was also Ronald Colman's first talkie. A series of Drummond movies followed, beginning with" Temple Tower" made in the UK in 1930; see the main article on Bulldog Drummond for a complete list.