Calling Paul Temple
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Calling Paul Temple is a 1948 British
crime film
directed by Maclean Rogers
and starring John Bentley
, Dinah Sheridan
and Margaretta Scott
. Paul Temple
is called in to help Scotland Yard
track down a serial killer
who has murder several wealthy woman. John Bentley took over the role of Temple from Anthony Hulme
and played him in two further films.
The film featured extensive location work in Canterbury
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Maclean Rogers
Maclean Rogers
-Selected filmography:Director* The Third Eye * The Mayor's Nest * Up for the Derby * The Crime at Blossoms * Trouble * Summer Lightning * It's a Cop * Virginia's Husband...
and starring John Bentley
John Bentley (actor)
John Bentley was a British film actor who emerged in the 1970s as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera Crossroads. He also starred in the jungle adventure series African Patrol as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances...
, Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan
Dinah Sheridan is an English actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue and Genevieve .She made her film debut in 1937, and has frequently appeared on television...
and Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Scott
Margaretta Scott was an English stage, screen and television actress whose career spanned over seventy years. She is best remembered for playing the eccentric widow Mrs...
. Paul Temple
Paul Temple
Paul Temple is a fictional character created by British writer Francis Durbridge for the BBC radio serial Send for Paul Temple in 1938. Temple is an amateur private detective and author of crime fiction...
is called in to help Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of London, UK. It derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had a rear entrance on a street called Great Scotland Yard. The Scotland Yard entrance became...
track down a serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
who has murder several wealthy woman. John Bentley took over the role of Temple from Anthony Hulme
Anthony Hulme
-Selected filmography:* A Yank at Oxford * The Body Vanished * The Frozen Limits * They Came by Night * Laugh It Off * Journey Together * Send for Paul Temple * Cardboard Cavalier...
and played him in two further films.
The film featured extensive location work in Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
.
Cast
- John BentleyJohn Bentley (actor)John Bentley was a British film actor who emerged in the 1970s as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera Crossroads. He also starred in the jungle adventure series African Patrol as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances...
... Paul Temple - Dinah SheridanDinah SheridanDinah Sheridan is an English actress who appeared in the films 29 Acacia Avenue and Genevieve .She made her film debut in 1937, and has frequently appeared on television...
... Steve Temple - Margaretta ScottMargaretta ScottMargaretta Scott was an English stage, screen and television actress whose career spanned over seventy years. She is best remembered for playing the eccentric widow Mrs...
... Mrs. Trevellyan - Abraham SofaerAbraham SofaerAbraham Sofaer was a stage actor of Burmese-Jewish descent who became a familiar supporting player on film and television in his later years. He was born in Rangoon, Burma...
... Dr. Kohima - Celia Lipton ... Norma Rice
- Jack RaineJack RaineJack Raine was a British television and film actor. He was married to actress and musician Binnie Hale.-Selected filmography:* Night Birds * The Middle Watch * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent...
... Sir Graham Forbes - Alan WheatleyAlan WheatleyAlan Wheatley was a radio announcer who turned to stage and screen acting in the 1930s and was much seen in British films, being a television actor during the black and white era....
... Edward Lathom - Hugh PryseHugh Pryse-Selected filmography:* School for Secrets * Jassy * Easy Money * The Story of Shirley Yorke * Calling Paul Temple * Christopher Columbus * Botany Bay * Three Cases of Murder...
... Wilfred Davies - Wally PatchWally PatchWally Patch was a British character actor, who had supporting roles in many films. He was born Walter Sidney Vinnicombe in Willesden, London on 26 September 1888...
... Spider Williams - Shaym Bahadur ... Rikki
- Maureen Glynne ... Girl in Boat
- Michael GoldenMichael Golden (actor)-Selected filmography:* Send for Paul Temple * Hungry Hill * Pool of London * Salute the Toff * The Gentle Gunman * The Square Ring * Murder by Proxy * The Green Scarf...
... Frank Chester - Harry Herbert ... Boatman
- Aubrey MallalieuAubrey MallalieuAubrey Mallalieu was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s....
... Waiter - John McLaren ... Leo Brent
- Ian McLean ... Inspector Crane
- George MerrittGeorge Merritt (actor)George Merritt was a British film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* The W Plan * The Lodger * I Was a Spy * Crime on the Hill * The Silver Spoon...
... Ticket Inspector - Mary Midwinter ... Carol Reagan
- Hugh Miller ... Doctor
- Gerald Rex ... Boy in Boat
- Paul Sheridan ... Maitre d`Hotel
- Marion Taylor ... Esther van Ralston
- Merle TottenhamMerle Tottenham-Selected filmography:*Down Our Street * Cavalcade * The Night Club Queen * Man in the Mirror * Night Must Fall * Bank Holiday * Dead Men Are Dangerous * Headline...
... Millie