Through the apparent suicide of a detective friend the crime writer Paul Temple is drawn into an investigation concerning diamond robberies in the Midlands, This centres mainly around inns called 'The Green Finger and 'The First Penguin'. He also meets for the first time the reporter Steve Trent who would come to play a big part in his life. With his constant ejaculation of "By Timothy!" Temple sorts out the mystery eventually.
This is the first ever Paul Temple film based on the popular radio character but it is mainly a radio play with pictures. Not uninteresting but not that exciting. It's mostly talk with a bit of action. Anthony Hulme as Temple and Joy Shelton as Steve are passable. More interesting is Beatrice Varley as Miss Marchment but who is sadly not on screen enough.
The series would improve when John Bentley took over the Paul Temple role.
This is the first ever Paul Temple film based on the popular radio character but it is mainly a radio play with pictures. Not uninteresting but not that exciting. It's mostly talk with a bit of action. Anthony Hulme as Temple and Joy Shelton as Steve are passable. More interesting is Beatrice Varley as Miss Marchment but who is sadly not on screen enough.
The series would improve when John Bentley took over the Paul Temple role.