Pathéscope 9.5mm Sound (1956)

EIGHTY-ONE Drama Send For Paul Temple. (9 Reels). Starring Anthony Hulme and Joy Shelton. Paul Temple, the well-known novelist and private investigator, is consulted unofficially by Chief Inspector Harvey of Scotland Yard about the serious crime wave which is sweeping the country. Unfortunately Harvey is murdered before he can impart any information of importance. Steve Trent, a reporter, and also the murdered man's sister, enlists Paul's aid in rounding up the criminals and avenging Harvey s death. As in all good detective stories suspicion falls on almost every character in the film. Finally Temple sets a trap, offering himself as a human target, and as a bait for the chief criminal. The result of ihe trap is sensational in the extreme. The climax over, Temple is full of plans for the future and with an elopement on his hands ! Paul Temple's Triumph. (9 Reels). Starring John Bentley, Dinah Sheridan and Jack Livesey. Professor Hardwick, employed upon a secret Atomic invention at his country mansion, is kidnapped in the absence of his daughter Celia. Upon her return, Celia, greatly worried at finding the Professor missing, calls upon her friend, Steve Temple, to enlist the help of her famous husband, Paul Temple. Temple is on his way by air from Berlin, t.o both Steve and Celia go to meet his plane's arrival. At the airport, meeting Dr. Steiner (a foreign scientist), is Bill Bryant, a young reporter and mutual friend of Steve's, Temple alight'3 from the plane and all three immediately drive off to the Professor's house to try to solve the mystery of his disappearance . . . all to be found is a scrap of paper with "Z" scribbled all over it. Returning to his flat Temple finds Sir Graham Forbes of Scotland Yard waiting to consult him over the missing Professor. The following day Steve and Paul call upon Celia, only to find her murdered . . . clutched in her hand w^as a small piece of map . . . this leads Temple to an hotel in the New Forest, where he again meets Sir Graham and later Dr. Steiner. Returning to the hotel one evening. Temple finds his wife, Steve, has been drugged by a girl named Jacqueline, who is later arrested for the murder of Celia. In trying to escape by car Jacqueline crashes and, on her deathbed, imparts important information regarding "Z". Meanwhile Steve dis covers the missing Professor, but before she can release him is in turn captured. WHAT IS THE " Z " ORGANISATION ? ? ? Calling Paul Temple. (9 Reels.) Who is Rex ? The police desperately seek the murderer of a number of wealthy women, as yet another girl is found murdered, this time in the Canterbury Express. Paul Temple and Steve, his wife, are dining at the Pompadour Club when Norma Rise, a well-known singer, is murdered in full view^ of the crowded club. Also present is Sir Graham Forbes. Their hunt leads them to several suspects. The Girl in Grey,' v^ho was in the club at the time of the murder; Wilfred Davies, a mysterious little commercial traveller; Doctor Kohima and Mrs. Trevalyan, his secretary. It is established that the motive is blackmail, and they discover that all are patients of the doctor. Eventually, Edward Latham, a w^ealthy West End personality, is blackmailed, and, following police instructions, places the money in a crypt at the old Friars' Monastery, Canterbury, where some hours later, Paul and Steve are nearly drowned by Frank Chester, the sinister manager of the Falcon Hotel, Canterbury. They are rescued by Leo Brent, a friend of Paul, who has been watching Chester. Chester is himself killed, and Sir Graham thinks this is the end of Rex, but Temple says Chester was not Rex, but if they will wait until the