''Paul Temple Returns'' is a 1952 British crime film directed by
Maclean Rogers
Maclean Rogers (13 July 1899 – 4 January 1962) was a British film director and screenwriter.
Selected filmography
Director
* '' The Third Eye'' (1929)
* '' The Mayor's Nest'' (1932)
* '' Up for the Derby'' (1933)
* ''The Crime at Blossoms'' ...
Patricia Dainton
Patricia Dainton (born 12 April 1930) is a Scottish actress who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1947 and 1961.
Early years
Dainton was born Margaret Bryden Pate, in Hamilton, Scotland, the daughter of film and stage ...
and
Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upo ...
. Known in the U.S. as ''Bombay Waterfront'', it was the fourth and last in the series of
Paul Temple
Paul Temple is a fictional character created by English writer Francis Durbridge. Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. With his wife Louise, affectionately known as 'Steve' in reference to her jo ...
Anthony Hulme
Anthony Hulme (1910–2007) was a British film actor.
Filmography
* ''A Yank at Oxford'' (1938)
* '' The Body Vanished'' (1939)
* ''The Frozen Limits'' (1939)
* '' They Came by Night'' (1940)
* '' Laugh It Off'' (1940)
* '' For Freedom'' (1940)
...
as Paul Temple), ''
Calling Paul Temple
''Calling Paul Temple'' is a 1948 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Margaretta Scott. It was the second in a series of four Paul Temple films distributed by Butcher's Film Service. The ...
'' (1948, the first with John Bentley in the title role), and ''
Paul Temple's Triumph
''Paul Temple's Triumph'' is a 1950 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Jack Livesey. It was the third in the series of four Paul Temple films made at Nettlefold Studios, and was an adaptat ...
'' (1950). Aside from Bentley, the other actors were different from those in the earlier film series. It was released in the United States under the
alternative title
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''Bombay Waterfront''.
The film was shot at
Walton Studios
Walton Studios, previously named Hepworth Studios and Nettlefold Studios, was a film production studio in Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, England.art director George Paterson. Some
location shooting
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The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for ex ...
also took place in
London
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. The film was distributed by Butcher's Film Service which specialised in releasing lower-budget productions.
Plot
A series of seemingly unconnected murders takes place in London, with the murderer leaving a calling card signed "The Marquess". Aspiring novelist and amateur detective Paul Temple and his wife Steve are called in to investigate. An ancient papyrus scroll recently excavated in Egypt by the menacing archaeologist Sir Felix Raybourne (played by Christopher Lee) appears to hold the key to the murders. It details an antidote for all narcotic drugs, which if put to use could put an end to lucrative criminal drug cartels in London. The screenplay was adapted from the radio serial ''Paul Temple Intervenes'', broadcast in November 1942.
Cast
Critical reception
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Corpora ...
'' called the film a "standard murder mystery," and ''Britmovie'' agreed, adding, " b-movie director Maclean Rogers keeps the story moving at a brisk pace and makes good use of exterior locations." As with the previous films in this series, the location footage (this time London, particularly at night), is highly evocative of the period. Renown Pictures has issued all four on DVD.Renown Films /ref>