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Calling Paul Temple

Calling Paul Temple

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Summary

Stumped by a series of puzzling murders aboard trains, Scotland Yard calls in a detective novelist and his wife to help them catch the killer.

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A star rating of 2 out of 5.

David Parkinson

John Bentley and Dinah Sheridan assume the roles of Paul and Steve Temple for the second time in the sleuthing series produced for low-budget specialists Butcher's Film Service. Adapted from Francis Durbridge's radio serial Paul Temple and the Canterbury Case, it's a surprisingly sinister mystery that follows the duo into Kent on the trail of a murderer who signs off as "Rex" at every crime scene. Director Maclean Rogers pads the early action with a couple of numbers by chanteuse Celia Lipton, but he makes adept use of locations around the cathedral and the climax in the crypt of a ruined monastery is suitably tense. Margaretta Scott stands out from a solid supporting cast, while Bentley and Sheridan make a winning team, although their treatment of a Burmese servant (Shaym Bahadur) is regrettably patronising.

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Cast

rolenamePaul TempleJohn BentleySteve TempleDinah SheridanMrs TrevellyanMargaretta ScottDr KohimaAbraham SofaerNorma RiceCelia LiptonSir Graham ForbesJack RaineEdward LathomAlan WheatleyWilfred DaviesHugh Pryse

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rolenameDirectorMaclean Rogers

Details

Released on

1948-12-13

Languages

English

Available on

DVD

Formats

Black and white

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