Tempean Films

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{{Infobox company

| name = Tempean Films

| logo = Tempean_Films.jpg

| logo_caption = Opening titles The Trollenberg Terror (1958)

| foundation = 1948

| founder = Robert Baker{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2009/oct/02/robert-s-baker-obituary|title=Robert S Baker obituary|first=Ronald|last=Bergan|newspaper=The Guardian |date=October 2, 2009|via=www.theguardian.com}}
Monty BermanChapman, Giles. Vallance, Tom "Monty Berman obituary", The Independent, London, 04 AUGUST 2006. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/monty-berman-6232189.html Retrieved on 18 September 2012.

| defunct = {{End date|1961}}

| location_city = London

| location_country = United Kingdom

| industry = Entertainment

| products = Motion pictures, television programmes

}}

Tempean Films was a British film production company formed in 1948 by Robert Baker and Monty Berman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9433fdfb|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030113658/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9433fdfb|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 October 2020|title=Tempean Films|website=BFI}} Tempean's output of B movies were distributed by Eros Films.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b950d0625|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202050314/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b950d0625|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2019|title=Eros Films|website=BFI}} The company later moved into television, adapting Leslie Charteris' series of The Saint novels, starring Roger Moore.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/monty-berman|title=Monty Berman|date=May 11, 2012|website=www.bafta.org}}

The company produced several of its features at Southall Studios in Middlesex including both The Trollenberg Terror television series in 1956 and the film version in 1958, which was Southall Studio's final production.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b951b9d84|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905081338/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b951b9d84|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 September 2017|title=Southall Studios|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f4e1a97|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205085640/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f4e1a97|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 December 2020|title=The Trollenberg Terror Episode 1 The Mind of Ann Pilgrim (1956)|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/rentals/film/watch-the-trollenberg-terror-1958-online|title=Watch The Trollenberg Terror|website=BFI Player}} The studio was dissolved in 1961.

John Gilling directed many of Tempean's features.

Tempean is an adjective of, or pertaining to, Tempe, a valley in Thessaly, celebrated by Greek poets on account of its beautiful scenery; resembling Tempe; hence, beautiful; delightful; charming.