Calling Paul Temple

John Bentley and Dinah Sheridan assume the roles of Paul and Steve Temple for the second time in the sleuthing series produced for low-budget specialists Butcher's Film Service. Adapted from Francis Durbridge's radio serial Paul Temple and the Canterbury Case, it's a surprisingly sinister mystery that follows the duo into Kent on the trail of a murderer who signs off as "Rex" at every crime scene. Director Maclean Rogers pads the early action with a couple of numbers by chanteuse Celia Lipton, but he makes adept use of locations around the cathedral and the climax in the crypt of a ruined monastery is suitably tense. Margaretta Scott stands out from a solid supporting cast, while Bentley and Sheridan make a winning team, although their treatment of a Burmese servant (Shaym Bahadur) is regrettably patronising.