Paul Temple's Triumph
{{Short description|1950 British film by Maclean Rogers}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Paul Temple's Triumph
| image = Paul_Temple's_Triumph_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1950).png
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Maclean Rogers
| producer = Ernest G. Roy
| writer = Francis Durbridge (novel)
A.R. Rawlinson
| narrator =
| music = Stanley Black
| starring = John Bentley
Dinah Sheridan
Jack Livesey
| cinematography = Brendan J. Stafford
| distributor = Butcher's Film Service
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1950|5}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Paul Temple's Triumph is a 1950 British second feature ('B'){{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=179}} crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Jack Livesey.{{Cite web |title=Paul Temple’s Triumph |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150041060 |access-date=28 October 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was the third in the series of four Paul Temple films made at Nettlefold Studios and was an adaptation by Francis Durbridge and A. R. Rawlinson of Durbridge's radio serial News of Paul Temple (1939). Temple is on the trail of a gang of international criminals trying to steal atomic secrets.
Cast
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- John Bentley as Paul Temple
- Dinah Sheridan as Steve Temple
- Jack Livesey as Sir Graham Forbes
- Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Weston
- Barbara Couper as Mrs. Morgan
- Jenny Mathot as Jacqueline Giraud
- Andrew Leigh as Professor Hardwick
- Hugh Dempster as Oliver Ffollett
- Dino Galvani as Van Draper
- Ivan Samson as Major Murray
- Bruce Seton as Bill Bryant
- Leo de Pokornoy as Dr. Steiner
- Michael Brennan as Hammond
- Joseph O'Conor as Inspector Crane
- Shaym Bahadur as Rikki
- Gerald Rex as Ernie
- Ben Williams as Mr. Weston
- Anne Hayes as Celia Hardwick
- Peter Butterworth as telephone engineer
- Hamilton Keene as an interested visitor
- Frederick Morant as doctor
- Jean Parker as nurse
- Denis Val Norton as 1st gangster
- Michael Hogarth as 2nd gangster
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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."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1950 |title=Paul Temple's Triumph |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305827503 |journal=Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=17 |issue=193 |pages=87 |via=ProQuest}}
TV Guide called it "an uninvolving series entry."{{cite web |title=Paul Temple's Triumph |url=http://movies.tvguide.com/paul-temples-triumph/review/108958 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307043709/http://www.tvguide.com/movies/paul-temples-triumph/review/108958/ |archive-date=7 Mar 2016 |work=TV Guide}}
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."{{cite web |author=David Parkinson |title=Paul Temple's Triumph |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/rb7n9/paul-temples-triumph |work=RadioTimes}}
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.
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0042835}}
{{Maclean Rogers}}
Category:Films directed by Maclean Rogers
Category:Films based on radio series
Category:Films produced by Ernest G. Roy
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Nettlefold Studios
Category:1950s English-language films