Paul Temple's Triumph

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Paul Temple's Triumph
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Directed by Maclean Rogers
Written by Francis Durbridge (novel)
A.R. Rawlinson
Produced by Ernest G. Roy
Starring John Bentley
Dinah Sheridan
Jack Livesey
Cinematography Brendan J. Stafford
Music by Stanley Black
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • May 1950 (1950-05)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Paul Temple's Triumph is a 1950 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Jack Livesey. [1] It was the third in the series of four Paul Temple films made at Nettlefold Studios [2] and was an adaptation of the Francis Durbridge radio serial News of Paul Temple (1939). Temple is on the trail of a gang of international criminals trying to steal atomic secrets.

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Critical reception

In a contemporary review The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A competently made and acted thriller, with pleasant New Forest locations." [3]

TV Guide called it "an uninvolving series entry." [4]

The Radio Times wrote: "perhaps too many scenes are staged in hotel rooms, but the plot rattles along, with Teutonic boffins, petrol smugglers, snooping reporters and French singers armed with doped cigarettes distracting the Temples from cracking the case." [5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as “mediocre” and wrote: "Runs like a radio script on screen; no triumph for the famous sleuth this time.'' [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Paul Temple's Triumph". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 199. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ↑ "Paul Temple's Triumph". Monthly Film Bulletin . 17 (193): 87. 1 January 1950 – via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ "Paul Temple's Triumph". TV Guide.
  5. ↑ David Parkinson. "Paul Temple's Triumph". RadioTimes.
  6. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 360. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.


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