Paul Temple Collection

John Bentley

Dinah Sheridan

Margaretta Scott

Alan Wheatley

Abraham Sofaer

Celia Lipton

Jack Raine

Hugh Pryse

John McLaren

Ian McLean

Merle Tottenham

Wally Patch

Ernest G. Roy

Ted Richards

Geoffrey Faithfull

Maclean Rogers

Kathleen Butler

A.R. Rawlinson

Francis Durbridge

Mystery

Crime

Calling Paul Temple

Nettlefold Films

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

Like many films based on radio plays; the writing tends to forget we also have images to process too and so they run a bit to language. This gentle detective murder-mystery falls into that trap and the wordy dialogue robs the thing of pace somewhat. That said, John Bentley and Dinah Sheridan deliver engaging, cheery performances as they are brought in by Scotland Yard to assist in the search for "Rex" - a mysterious blackmailer/murderer who is preying on women. Features some eerily lit scenes in Canterbury which add significantly to the tenseness of the drama with some hypnotism and fisticuffs at the end.

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